Department of general surgery, 1st General surgery clinic, Ankara Ataturk training and research hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
World J Emerg Surg. 2006 Mar 24;1:8. doi: 10.1186/1749-7922-1-8.
Abdominal cocoon is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction. The abdominal cocoon is probably a developmental abnormality, largely asymptomatic, and is found incidentally at laparotomy or autopsy. Pre-operative diagnosis cannot be often made correctly. This rare entity of intestinal obstruction has been described in the whole literature as a thick fibrotic sac covering the small bowel partially or completely. The etiology of abdominal cocoon is unknown and most often it is found in adolescent girls from tropical or subtropical countries. Complete recovery is generally expected after the removal of the membrane surgically. This paper reports a male patient who has had intestinal obstruction symptoms and has per-operatively been diagnosed as abdominal cocoon.
腹腔茧是一种罕见的肠梗阻原因。腹腔茧可能是一种发育异常，大多无症状，在剖腹手术或尸检时偶然发现。术前诊断通常不能正确做出。这种罕见的肠梗阻在整个文献中被描述为一种厚厚的纤维性囊，部分或完全覆盖小肠。腹腔茧的病因尚不清楚，最常见于来自热带或亚热带国家的青春期少女。通过手术切除膜后，通常可以完全恢复。本文报告了一例男性患者，他有肠梗阻症状，并在术中被诊断为腹腔茧。
