Abdominal cocoon in a man: Preoperative diagnosis and literature review

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 148-150

  Deeb, Liliane S ^a,b   Mourad, Fadi H ^a   El Zein, Youssef R ^a   Uthman, Suhayl M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocoon abdomen; Intestinal obstruction; Preoperative diagnosis; Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCLEROSING PERITONITIS;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PERITONITIS; SCLEROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031921609     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199803000-00013     Document Type: Article

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