Primary sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Swati Mishra (Author), Kuldeep Chaudhary (Author), Swati Tyagi (Author), Pratibha Mishra (Author), Vatsala Misra (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
• Urunga tuihono: Connect to this object online.

Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis also known as cocoon abdomen is a rare chronic inflammatory condition of the peritoneum in which the bowel loops are encircled by a membrane (cocoon formation) within the peritoneal cavity leading to intestinal obstruction. It can be primary (idiopathic) or secon...