Abdominal cocoon

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 204-206

  Rokade, Muktachand L ^a   Ruparel, Mitosh ^a   Agrawal, Jugal B ^a  

^a LILAVATI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Abdominal cocoon; Intestinal obstruction; Sclerosing peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COCOON; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE LOOP; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADHESIONS; ADULT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROTOMY; PERITONITIS; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 34248570538     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20313     Document Type: Article

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