we report the case of a 54-year-old iranian man who presented with melena from three months prior to admission. esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy were normal. double balloon enteroscopy showed a pedunculated tumor located in the jejunum. he underwent laparotomy and resection of a 9.5 cm tumor from the distal jejunum. histopathologic evaluation confirmed the diagnosis of an inflammatory...

he incidence of the diverticulum of the small bowel varies from 0.2-1.3% in autopsy studies to 2.3% when assessed on enteroclysis. it occurs mostly in patients in the 6th decade of their life. of all the small bowel diverticuli, jejunal diverticulum is the most common type. this rare entity is usually asymptomatic. however, they may cause chronic non-specific symptoms for a long period of time ...

156 Iranian patients with primary malignant tumors of the small intestine were reviewed. Malignant lymphoma was the most common tumor type, comprising 128 patients (82%), followed by adenocarcinoma (22 patients, 14.1 %), leiomyosarcoma (4 patients, 2.56%) and carcinoid tumor (2 patients, 1.28%). Lymphomas and adenocarcinomas were primarily located in the duodenum or jejunum, whereas leiomy...

intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumor is a rare entity with a few reports worldwide. this tumor commonly occurs in children and adolescent and occurrence in adult age group is very rare. here, we describe an adult male with symptoms of intestinal obstruction due to abdominal mass, located in splenic flexure. after resection, the diagnosis of intra-abdominal desmoplastic small roun...

156 iranian patients with primary malignant tumors of the small intestine were reviewed. malignant lymphoma was the most common tumor type, comprising 128 patients (82%), followed by adenocarcinoma (22 patients, 14.1 %), leiomyosarcoma (4 patients, 2.56%) and carcinoid tumor (2 patients, 1.28%). lymphomas and adenocarcinomas were primarily located in the duodenum or jejunum, whereas leiomyosarc...

This report describes the histological and immunohistochemical features of a small intestinal tumor that resembled a human gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GISTs) in a seven-year-old male cross-breed dog. This was unique because of the expression of desmin by the tumor. Grossly, the white-gray tumor measured 8.0 × 4.0 × 6.5 cm and was 760 gram in weight. It was cystic and enveloped the jejunum. ...

to study clinical and histopathological changes occur within the first 12 hours of strangulating obstruction of the small intestine in equine, twenty five adult donkeys were used in an experimental study. strangulation obstruction of the small intestine was performed for 3, 6, 9 and 12 hours, respectively. clinical examination was done before surgery and at 3 hours intervals postoperatively. af...

intussusception is common cause of bowel obstruction in the paediatric age group compared to the elderly population. many times, the diagnosis may be difficult because of asymptomatic nature of this bowel disorder. we hereby describe the case of a 75-year-old male who presented with lethargy, weakness, loss of movement in the joints and was found to be anemic. the haemoglobin level was low so h...

background: prognosis of small intestine artesia, the most common agents causing intestinal obstruction in neonates, has improved in last decades. some variable such as weight change, type of feeding, post operation oral feeding starting time, and adequacy of energy and protein intake can change patients clinical outcomes. we performed a retrospective study to evaluate all neonates with small i...