The authors report two cases of acute small bowel obstruction, the first in an adult patient, and the second in a three-month-old baby due to a congenital fibrous band. The second case was retrospectively detected from a pool of at least 50 cases of secondary fibrous band obstructions over the period from 1970 to 2008. Surgery was performed early, and simple resection of this very rare malformative bundle (usually affecting very young people) was required.
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