Intrauterine intussusception (IUI) is the one of the rarest recognized causes of jejuno-ileal atresia (JIA). We report on a 15-day old full-term neonate presenting with features of intestinal obstruction, wherein on exploration, a visible ileo-ileal intussusception resulting in ileal atresia was found. The relevant literature has been reviewed.

BACKGROUND/AIM Intestinal atresia is a common cause of neonatal intestinal obstruction. Jejuno-ileum is the commonest site of intestinal atresia. Reports on Jejunoileal atresia in developing countries are still few. The purpose of this study is to determine the presentation and management outcomes of neonates with Jejunoileal atresia treated in our hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS Detailed dat...

While intestinal tumors are rare, small intestinal lipomas are even more uncommon benign neoplasms. They are usually asymptomatic, but lipomas larger than 2 cm may become symptomatic due to obstruction, bleeding, or intussusception. In this paper, US and CT findings of a lipoma located in the terminal ileum and causing ileocecal intussusception were discussed. We report a case of small bowel li...

PNEUMATOSIS intestinalis is a condition characterized by the presence of numerous gas-filled cysts, most commonly found in the sub-serosa of the wall of the small intestine. Nearly 300 cases have been described and the literature of the adult cases has been reviewed by Koss (1952), and those occurring in childhood and infancy by MacKenzie (1951). Although the cysts are frequently associated wit...

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common and troublesome complication of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Patients often have various lesions in the small bowel and in either upper or lower GI tracts. Recently developed double-balloon endoscopy (DBE) enables observation of the entire small intestine through a combination of anterograde and retrograde approaches. Moreover, DBE is useful not onl...

AIM Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) enteropathy is a cause of chronic blood and protein loss from the intestine. The aim of this investigation was to compare NSAID enteropathy with enteropathy not related to chronic NSAID use. PATIENTS/METHODS During the period 1967-97, 12 cases of non-specific small intestinal multiple ulcers were laparotomised because of chronic and persistent ...

The purpose of the present study was to compare the small intestinal blood flow that equilibrates with luminal CO (FLco) with simultaneous determinations of villus blood flow measured by a recent modification of the microsphere technique. These studies, carried out in rabbits, showed that FLco closely correlated (r = 0.83) with villus flow measured with microspheres over a three-fold range of f...

Two-thirds of patients with dermatitis herpetiformis have been found to have a flat or convoluted mucosa but no special association has been found in the other dermatoses studied with structural alterations in the small bowel mucosa. The frequency distribution of the predominant and individual small intestinal mucosal features is the same in the patients in the present series with eczema, psori...

Cecal web is a rare entity. We find few cases of cecal web presenting in adult patient as a mass lesion (Gayner et al., 1977) or radiologically space occupying lesion (Raymond et al., 1983; Guttman et al., 1975) but an extensive search of published reports failed to find a case of the cecal web or similar abnormality in neonatal group presenting as an acute intestinal obstruction. Cecal web cas...

Our aim is to present a case with initial diagnosis of non-classified type duodenal atresia operated in our clinic. A patient with prenatally suspected to be duodenal atresia was explored. At laparotomy type 3 duodenal atresia was found between 2nd and 3rd parts of duodenum. In addition, a web was detected distal to the atresic part. Duodenoduodenostomy together with web excision was performed....