The jejunal diverticulosis is rare and accounts for approximately 0.5–1 % of the general population. Diagnosis pathology difficult even in presence symptomatic complications (perforation, abscess, peritonitis, sepsis, intestinal obstruction bleeding), therefore, it often overlooked or delayed, which requires high awareness vigilance physicians. Emergency surgical interventions are performed due...

We report the case of a 54-year-old male patient diagnosed with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). The patient consulted with a 12-hour history of asthenia and rectorrhagia. He had pale skin and mucosa, was haemodynamically unstable and showed progressive anaemia. An emergency upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed, showing several acute lesions in the gastric antrum mucosa with no signs o...

Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) is thought to be a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the clinicians and radiologists. A 46-year-old woman complaining of intermittent melena for 3 months was admitted. After extensive investigations, a vascular lesion located in the ileum, diagnosed as intestinal lymphangiohemangioma pathologically, was found by CT angiography (CTA) and selective ...

Current United Kingdom Department ofHealth recommendations on infant feeding state that 'milks considered suitable for inclusion in the diet of infants from the sixth month are human milk, infant formulas, follow-up milks and whole pasteurised cow milk'.' Recently, however, controversy has arisen as it has been suggested that ordinary cows' milk should not be given before 1 year of age because ...

Small bowel diverticula are rare formations and some are prone to complications such as lower gastrointestinal bleeding. We report the case of a patient with hemorrhagic shock following upper gastrointestinal bleeding. A 39-year-old patient was admitted to the unit for recurrent bleeding. The patient received transfusions and selective arteriography was performed which reported bleeding at the ...

obscure occult gastrointestinal bleeding was referred to our department to undergo capsule endoscopy. He had a history of clear-cell renal carcinoma (pT2NxM0EII), for which he had undergone a radical nephrectomy 1 year before. No adjuvant radiation or chemotherapy was administered. At 5 days before capsule endoscopy was due to be performed, he developed melena and required blood transfusion. La...

Clopidogrel is an integral part of the management of several important vascular diseases. However the medium to long term clinical outcomes are poorer for these patients if they experience gastro-intestinal bleeding, hence patients with risk factors for gastro-intestinal bleeding are frequently prescribed proton pump inhibitors. Conflicting evidence exists as to the existence of an adverse inte...

Meckel's diverticula are located along the antimesenteric border of the distal ileum and may contain rests of ectopic tissue. It can be silent or become symptomatic at any age. The symptoms are intestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal bleeding and intussusception. This case is about 11 years old boy with severe rectal bleeding and anemia that after Meckel's scan we can diagnosed the source of b...