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Abdominal cocoon syndrome (ACS), also known as sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis (SEP), is a rare cause of mechanical small bowel obstruction characterized by partial or complete encasement of the small bowel within a fibrocollagenous me…

BACKGROUND: A rare cause of acute abdomen or intestinal obstruction, the abdominal cocoon syndrome is also described in the literature as sclerosing peritonitis or sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis. Abdominal cocoon is characterized by t…