scholarly journals Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding caused by small intestinal lipoma: a case report

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noboru Yatagai ◽  
Hiroya Ueyama ◽  
Tomoyoshi Shibuya ◽  
Keiichi Haga ◽  
Masahito Takahashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Gastrointestinal Bleeding ◽  
Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding ◽  
Small Intestinal

Can methyl-tetrahydrofolat reductase (MTHFR) homozygotism cause obscure gastrointestinal bleeding? A case report

2004 ◽  
Vol 42 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Varsányi ◽  
T Gyökeres ◽  
J Hamvas ◽  
E Schäfer ◽  
M Burai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Gastrointestinal Bleeding ◽  
Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

scholarly journals Enteroscopic Diagnosis and Management of Small Bowel Diverticular Hemorrhage: A Multicenter Report from the Taiwan Association for the Study of Small Intestinal Diseases

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang-Yuan Chen ◽  
Cheng-Tang Chiu ◽  
Chen-Ming Hsu ◽  
Tsung-Hsing Chen ◽  
Yi-Chun Chiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Bowel ◽  
Gastrointestinal Bleeding ◽  
Endoscopic Therapy ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding ◽  
Intestinal Diseases ◽  
Diverticular Hemorrhage ◽  
Medical Centers ◽  
Rebleeding Rate ◽  
Small Intestinal

Small bowel diverticulum is a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. The diagnosis and treatment of small bowel diverticular hemorrhage is clinically challenging before the development of deep enteroscopy. In this multicenter study from the Taiwan Association for the Study of Small Intestinal Diseases (TASSID), 608 patients underwent deep enteroscopy for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding during January 2004 and April 2010 from eight medical centers in Taiwan. Small bowel diverticular hemorrhage account for 7.89% of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding in this study. Most of the patients received endoscopic therapy with an initial hemostasis rate of 85.71% and rebleeding rate of 20%. In this large case series investigating the enteroscopic management of small intestinal diverticular hemorrhage, we found that, as to patients with peptic ulcer hemorrhage, most of these patients can be successfully managed by endoscopic therapy before surgery in the era of deep enteroscopy.

Jejunal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Cause of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

2004 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-217
Author(s):  
David A. Sass ◽  
Kapil B. Chopra ◽  
Sydney D. Finkelstein ◽  
Philip R. Schauer
Keyword(s):  
Gastrointestinal Bleeding ◽  
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding ◽  
Computed Tomography Scan ◽  
Noninvasive Test ◽  
Pathologic Features ◽  
Small Intestinal ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal ◽  
Tomography Scan

Abstract In cases of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, when a source for blood loss is not apparent from examination of the colon and upper gastrointestinal tract, the small bowel usually becomes the focus of investigation. A tumor with interesting pathologic features was found in a patient who presented with recurrent episodes of massive obscure gastrointestinal hemorrhage. This case highlights the importance of considering small intestinal tumors as the likely cause of obscure gastrointestinal hemorrhage in young patients and how a noninvasive test, eg, abdominal computed tomography scan, might obviate the need for more invasive testing.

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