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Although cocooning of the abdomen is mostly seen in patients on peritoneal dialysis, it can occur <jats:italic>de novo<\/jats:italic>; it very rarely manifests as complete mechanical bowel obstruction.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>\n              <jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A 46-year-old Asian man presented with complete mechanical bowel obstruction. He had previous attacks of partial bowel obstruction during the past 6 to 8\u2009months, which was misdiagnosed as abdominal tuberculosis because tuberculosis is very prevalent in the region in which he lives. He took anti-tuberculosis therapy for 3\u2009months but this did not result in resolution of his symptoms. This time he had diagnostic laparoscopy followed by laparotomy in which a fibrocollagenous membrane, resulting in entrapment of his bowel, was excised and his entire small bowel was freed.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>Postoperatively he again had a mild episode of partial bowel obstruction but this was relieved with a short course of steroids.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>\n              <jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Sclerosing peritonitis is a rare benign etiology of complete mechanical bowel obstruction. Patients might have suffered recurrent attacks of partial bowel obstruction in the past that were falsely managed on lines of other conditions such as tuberculosis, especially in endemic areas like Pakistan or India.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>\n              <jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Sclerosing peritonitis is a rare benign diagnosis which can manifest as complete bowel obstruction and a high index of suspicion is required to diagnose it. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen is a useful radiological tool to aid in preoperative diagnosis. Diagnostic laparoscopy is usually confirmatory.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>Peritoneal sac excision and adhesiolysis is the treatment and a short course of steroids in relapsing symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13256-019-2243-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,17]],"date-time":"2019-10-17T14:59:24Z","timestamp":1571324364000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Sclerosing peritonitis presenting as complete mechanical bowel obstruction: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Sabah Uddin","family":"Saqib","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Inam","family":"Pal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,17]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"2243_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e142","DOI":"10.18295\/squmj.2016.16.02.003","volume":"16","author":"NO Machado","year":"2016","unstructured":"Machado NO. 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