Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System
Open Access

Review Article

Abdominal Cocoon A Rare Complication of Abdominal Tuberculosis

Rajul Rastogi^*

Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

*Corresponding Author:

Rajul Rastogi
Assistant Professor, Teerthanker Mahaveer University
Radiodiagnosis, Moradabad
Uttar Pradesh, India
Tel: 919319942162
E-mail: eesharastogi@gmail.com

Received date: June 22, 2015;Accepted date: July 01, 2015; Published date: July 16, 2015

Citation: Rastogi R (2015) Abdominal Cocoon – A Rare Complication of Abdominal Tuberculosis. J Gastrointest Dig Syst 5:309. doi:10.4172/2161-069X.1000309

Copyright: © 2015 Rastogi R. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License; which permits unrestricted use; distribution; and reproduction in any medium; provided the original author and source are credited.

Tuberculosis is a common infectious disease in an Indian subcontinent. Abdominal tuberculosis is one of the commonest forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (next only to tubercular lymphadenitis) encountered in clinical practice. Among the various manifestations of abdominal tuberculosis, abdominal cocoon also referred to as sclerosing peritonitis or sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis is one of the most bizarre and difficult to treat manifestation. The present review article discuss abdominal cocoon secondary to abdominal tuberculosis with characteristic imaging features.

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