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case_images: CT imaging dilated small bowel loops, encapsulated by a fibrous membrane (FM) and trapped in the right peritoneal cavity.
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case_images: Air-fluid levels in favor of occlusion of the small intestine upstream of the fibrous sac.
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case_images: Intraoperative image of the thin membrane encapsulating small bowel.
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case_images: Hence, a decision was made for a diagnostic laparotomy in which sclerosing fibrinous membrane encapsulating small intestine was excised, and whole bowels were freed until the ileocecal junction without any injury (Figure 3).
case_images: Intraoperative image showing a normal appendix.
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case_images: The rest of the digestive tract appeared grossly unremarkable especially the appendix (Figure 4).