Affiliation:
1. Scientific Research Institute – Ochapovsky Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1; Kuban State Medical University
2. Scientific Research Institute – Ochapovsky Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1
3. Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
Abstract
Background: Obscure gastrointestinal bleedings accounting for 5%-30% of all gastrointestinal bleedings continue to be a challenge and usually originate from the small bowel.Clinical case: We present a case of a female patient hospitalized with signs of gastrointestinal bleeding three times within 3 months. We could not identify the source of bleeding using standard methods, such as abdominal computed tomography and ultrasonography, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and colonoscopy. We detected a Meckel’s diverticulum during a diagnostic laparoscopy and performed wedge resection of the small bowel. Histopathology results revealed an acute progressive ulcer in the wall of the small bowel diverticulum.Conclusions: Diagnostic laparoscopy is one of the available minimally invasive procedures, which in some cases can successfully identify the source of small bowel bleeding.
Publisher
Scientific Research Institute - Ochapovsky Regional Clinical Hospital No 1
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