Gastrointestinal bleeding from jejunal heterotopic pancreas diagnosed by deep small-bowel enteroscopy

Gastrointestinal bleeding from jejunal heterotopic pancreas diagnosed by deep small-bowel enteroscopy.

A 70-year-old man presented with a 2-week history of overt (melena) and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding requiring an 8-unit blood transfusion. He underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, colonoscopy, and push enteroscopy, all of which were nondiagnostic. A video capsule endoscopy, which reached the cecum at 6 hours and 21 minutes, showed active bleeding at 2 hours and 18 minutes without an...

Bleeding jejunal lymphangioma diagnosed by double-balloon enteroscopy.

Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding poses a diagnostic challenge to the physician. When examination of the colon and the upper gastrointestinal tract reveals no de− finite bleeding source, the small bowel becomes the focus of investigation. The small bowel is difficult to investigate en− doscopically because of its extraordinary length, but the recent advent of double− balloon enteroscopy has mad...

A rare cause of small-bowel bleeding: haemorrhagic small-bowel lymphangioma diagnosed by antegrade double-balloon enteroscopy.

Small-bowel lymphangiomata (SBLs) are benign and relatively uncommon tumors of the lymphatic system [1]. Although SBLs are usually clinically silent, they may rarely present with significant small-bowel bleeding, protein-losing enteropathy, and intussusception [2, 3]. A 54-year-old-man with a past medical history of stable chronic lymphocytic leukemia presented with transfusion-dependent obscur...

Adult ECMO and gastrointestinal bleeding from small bowel arteriovenous malformations: A novel treatment using spiral enteroscopy

Small bowel intussusception induced by a jejunal gastrointestinal stromal cell tumor diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound

A 48-year-old female was complaining of attacks of upper abdominal colicky lasting for about 2–6 h. The pain was recurring every 2–3 weeks for 2 months. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed a solid mass with an area of cystic breakdown encroaching upon the body of the pancreas interpreted as a pancreatic lesion. Upon EUS examination, an extraluminal bowel mass with typical doughnut appeara...