CONGENITAL PERITONEAL ENCAPSULATION PRESENTED WITH SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION- A RARE CASE REPORT

Abstract

Peritoneal encapsulation is an exceedingly rare cause of small bowel obstruction characterised by congenital development of an accessory peritoneal layer partially or entirely encapsulating the small bowel. The majority of the cases remain asymptomatic and are diagnosed accidentally [1] [2, 3, 4] during autopsy or surgery and a very few symptomatic presents as an acute or sub acute small bowel obstruction . It is one of the rare case of peritoneal encapsulation presented as an acute small bowel obstruction.