OBJECTIVE Fibrosing colonopathy (FC) is a rare entity associated with cystic fibrosis (CF). Until now, patients with stricturing FC have usually been treated surgically. In this instance, we aimed at avoiding surgery by applying a new conservative approach. - METHODS Case report on an adult with CF who developed persistent abdominal pain due to a non-passable stricture in the right transverse...

Adult intussusception is rare, accounting for only 5% of all intussusceptions, for which preoperative diagnosis is difficult. We herein report a preoperatively diagnosed case of adult intussusception caused by a small bowel lipoma. A 33-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with three weeks history of colicky epigastric pain. Computed tomography revealed thickening of the ileal wall suggest...

A 41-year-old female patient with symptoms of severe abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, and weight loss was sent to our endoscopy unit for a colonoscopy. The full blood count revealed hemogram 8.6 g/dL and hematocrit 28%. Colonoscopic investigation revealed a fragile and bleeding tumoral mass at the level of the cecum that obstructed the lumen completely (Figure 1a). At surger...

OBJECTIVES To present a case with acute abdominal pain due to idiopathic intestinal intussusception diagnosed by ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) during the early postpartum period. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 21-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain, nausea and emesis after a normal vaginal delivery. Laboratory tests done at admission we...

Orofacial granulomatosis (OFG) is a term used to describe swelling of the orofacial area, mainly in the lips, secondary to an underlying granulomatous inflammatory process. OFG has been reported in association with systemic conditions such as sarcoidosis and Crohn's disease (CD). OFG may precede gastrointestinal disease, such as CD, by several years and may be the only obvious focus of the dise...

An 83-year-old male presented with anorexia, asthenia, weight loss, and profuse sweating. A 2-cm axillary lymphadenopathy and an abdominal mass in the right lower quadrant were palpable. Thoracic and abdominal CT scans were performed (Fig. 1). Colonoscopy revealed numerous sessile, erythematous polyps up to 1 cm in size with a white apex, and also pale, non-adenomatous polyps in the sigmoid and...

Approximately 10 to 15% of pre-menopausal women are affected by endometriosis, which in rare cases can cause intestinal obstruction (1). The presence of ectopic endometriotic tissue in the loops of the small bowel affects the serosa (visceral peritoneum) and muscularis propria, but never penetrates the mucosa (2). Fibrosis and secondary adhesions are the major causes of obstruction (2). Ileal i...