Nonspecific small bowel ulceration.

Nonspecific small bowel ulceration.

Six patients (4 male, 2 female) developed nonspecific small bowel ulceration between the ages of 4 months and 76 y. Five had gastrointestinal haemorrhage, usually chronic and resulting in iron deficiency anaemia. Four had features of subacute intestinal obstruction; there were no perforations. A small bowel enema was the most useful single investigation for delineating the lesions, and surgical...

Small-bowel ulceration induced by potassium chloride.

achieved simply by stopping therapy until symptoms subsideusually in four to five days-and then resuming therapy gradually with increasing doses over several weeks. We have used n-pen. successfully now in two patients with welldocumented histories of penicillin allergy. Previously it was our belief that D-pen. would be effective only in preventing de novo stone formation or progression of stone...

Haemorrhage from small bowel ulceration complicating meningococcal septicaemia.

The complication of intestinal haemorrhage in a patientwithmeningococcal septicaemia is described. The patientpresentedwithhaemodynamic instability associated with melaena within an intensive care unit. Upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy and angiography failed to localise the source of bleeding. At laparotomy, an isolated small bowel lesion was easily identified and resected. Histologic...

Practical Lessons from the Small Bowel Bleeding Lesions: A Case Report on Small Bowel Cavernous Hemangioma

Sirolimus-induced ulceration of the small bowel in islet transplant recipients: report of two cases.

Sirolimus (SRL) has been used for most islet recipients over the past 5 years. It provides balanced immunosuppression in combination with low-dose calcineurin inhibitors, while avoiding corticosteroids. This regimen decreases the risk of nephrotoxicity, neurotoxicity and diabetogenicity. SRL has also been used selectively in clinical liver and kidney transplantation. A number of common side eff...