Abdominal cocoon due to primary peritonitis: barium meal is valuable in diagnosis.
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ABSTRACT
Abdominal cocoon, a rare condition in which the small bowel is encased in a membrane, resembles peritoneal fibrsis. There are only 16 case reports of this condition in the world literature. A 15-year-old girl presented with recurrent abdominal pain due to distal small bowel obstruction. Abdominal X-ray showed multiple air fluid levels like small intestinal obstruction. Contrast study revealed segregation of the small bowel loops with a dilatedproximal small intestine and gradual narrowing of the distal ileum with the obstruction; the mucosal pattern was preserved till the distal ileum. Contrast was not flowing into the colon. At laparotomy, the small intestine was seen to be encased and coiled up in a membrane. The membrane was excised, resulting in release of the obstruction.
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Main subject:
Peritoneum
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Barium Sulfate
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Fibrosis
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Female
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Humans
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Adolescent
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Contrast Media
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Intestinal Obstruction
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Intestine, Small
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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