[So-called "dense-vascularised" peritoneal adhesions: clinical and aetiopathogenetic considerations].

In the daily clinical practice of surgeons operating electively or, more frequently, in the emergency setting, within the abdominal cavity and pelvis, the detection of an intestinal adhesive disorder is frequent and is capable of causing numerous complications and subsequent reintervention. We report three cases of female patients referred to our observation for bowel subocclusion due to adhesive syndrome. After laparotomy, which revealed the presence of singular tenacious fibrovascular adhesions, the patients were subjected to immunohistochemical and receptor analysis yielding a diagnosis of leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata.