Small-Bowel Diverticulosis: Enteroscopic Diagnosis of an Unusual Cause of Overt Small Bowel Bleeding

An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction.

A 95-year-old woman with a virgin abdomen presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with a 1 week history of vomiting, absolute constipation and generalised abdominal pain. Physical examination revealed tender abdominal distension with hyperactive bowel sounds and no hernias. Abdominal plain film radiograph (PFR) showed dilated small bowel loops without an obvious transition point or a radiolo...

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

Small bowel perforation: an unusual cause

An 80-year-old lady with abdominal pain had a perforated terminal ileum at laparotomy 2 weeks after treatment for Campylobacter jejuni infective colitis. Histology of the excised bowel revealed transmucosal inflammation but no dysplasia or malignancy. Cases of bowel perforation secondary to Campylobacter are more common in children and HIV-positive individuals.

Complicated Jejunal Diverticulosis: Small Bowel Volvulus with Obstruction

he incidence of the diverticulum of the small bowel varies from 0.2-1.3% in autopsy studies to 2.3% when assessed on enteroclysis. It occurs mostly in patients in the 6th decade of their life. Of all the small bowel diverticuli, jejunal diverticulum is the most common type. This rare entity is usually asymptomatic. However, they may cause chronic non-specific symptoms for a long period of time ...

A rare cause of small bowel bleeding

A 57-year-old Caucasian woman presented with lethargy and malaise following an episode of malaena. She was haemodynamically stable. Her haemoglobin was 7.5 g/dL, and the clotting profile was normal. She was transfused with four units of blood. Gastroscopy revealed a 5 mm chronic gastric ulcer, which had no stigmata of recent haemorrhage. Therefore, colonoscopy was also undertaken. This showed t...