<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zoulamoglou, Menelaos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Flessas, Ioannis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zarokosta, Maria</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Piperos, Theodoros</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kalles, Vasileios</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tsiaousis, Ioannis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kaklamanos, Ioannis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sgantzos, Markos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mariolis-Sapsakos, Theodoros</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Congenital peritoneal encapsulation of the small intestine: A rare case report.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Int J Surg Case Rep</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Int J Surg Case Rep</style></alt-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">27</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">28-31</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">INTRODUCTION: Peritoneal Encapsulation (PE) is a scarce congenital malformation, characterized by a supplementary peritoneal membrane that covers all or a part of the small intestine.

PRESENTATION OF CASE: PE was unexpectantly discovered in a young woman during laparotomy for bowel obstruction. There were no specific pre-operative indications of this malformation. The operation was uneventful.

DISCUSSION: PE is a very rare congenital anatomical anomaly that is difficultly identified pre-operatively. PE is mainly asymptomatic, but in some cases, like in the presented one, PE presents with small bowel obstruction. Surgeons should be aware of this malformation and suspect it when encountering a patient with small bowel obstruction without other etiological factors.

CONCLUSION: Knowledge of this peculiar congenital anomaly is pivotal, so that accurate diagnosis and appropriate management of it are direct and efficient.</style></abstract><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27522401?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>