PMC9884389_01
Operative finding of previous surgery. He underwent release surgery without bowel resection for strangulated small bowel obstruction 35 days prior.
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FIG1
Then, he underwent release surgery without bowel resection (Figure 1).
Abdominal computed tomography. Abdominal CT showed a mass of jejunum in the encapsulated area with ascites and calcified nodules.
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FIG2
Abdominal computed tomography further showed a mass of jejunum in the encapsulated area with ascites and calcified nodules (Figure 2).
Operative finding. The jejunum was enveloped in dense fibrous tissue with calcified nodules.
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FIG3
The small intestine was enveloped in dense fibrous tissue with calcified nodules and became a contiguous mass like sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis (SEP), also known as an abdominal cocoon (Figure 3).