Open AccessDifficult to Diagnose the Cause of Intestinal Obstruction due to Abdominal Cocoon Syndrome
Author(s) -
Cemal Ulusoy,
Andrej Nikolovski,
Nadi Nazım Öztürk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2021_002588
Subject(s) - medicine , bowel obstruction , peritonitis , signs and symptoms , radiological weapon , surgery , abdominal mass , abdominal pain
Abdominal cocoon syndrome (sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis) is a rare condition associated with clinical signs of intestinal dysfunction, episodes of small bowel obstruction and sometimes a palpable abdominal mass. We present the case of a 46-year-old male patient with clinical signs of intestinal obstruction caused by primary sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis.