Abdominal cocoon in children: A case report and review of literature
作者机构：Goethe-University FrankfurtDepartment of Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric UrologyUniversity HospitalFrankfurt 60590Germany
出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2021年第27卷第37期
页 面：6332-6344页
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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100202[医学-儿科学] 10[医学]
主 题：Abdominal cocoon Peritoneal encapsulation Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis Intestinal obstruction Children Case report
摘 要：BACKGROUND Abdominal cocoon or“encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis(EPS)is an uncommon and rare cause of intestinal *** a few cases have been reported in paediatric ***,EPS is described as the primary form in young adolescent girls from tropical and subtropical countries because of viral peritonitis due to retrograde menstruation or a history of peritoneal *** patients are asymptomatic or present with abdominal pain,which is likely to occur secondary to subacute bowel *** at imaging,such as ultrasound,computed tomography,and magnetic resonance imaging,are often *** diagnosed,EPS is characterized by total or partial encasement of the bowel within a thick fibrocollagenous membrane that envelopes the small intestine in the form of a cocoon because of chronic intraabdominal fibroinflammatory *** membrane forms a fibrous tissue sheet that covers,fixes,and finely constricts the gut,compromising its *** SUMMARY We present a case of EPS in a 12-year-old boy 8 wk after primary surgery for resection of symptomatic jejunal *** was no history of peritoneal dialysis or drug *** In this report,we sought to highlight the diagnostic,surgical,and histopathological characteristics and review the current literature on EPS in paediatric patients.
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