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16133626

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-31
pubmed:abstractText
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage is a common presentation to an emergency department. Often, the diagnosis is peptic ulcer disease in which vague or sharp abdominal pain is associated with bleeding. In contrast, intussusception is a rare cause of abdominal pain and coincident GI bleeding. In this case, we report a 41-year-old woman who had an intussuscepting jejunal obstruction due to a hamartoma of the small bowel. The diagnosis was established by ultrasonography. In review of the literature, abdominal pain and bleeding are two common manifestations of intussusception when the lesion originates in the small bowel. Intussusception is frequently included in the differential diagnosis of pediatric patients with coincident abdominal pain and bleeding. However, it is rarely mentioned as an adult cause of these two findings. Because of the delayed and nonspecific presentations of abdominal discomfort in adult patients with intussusception, the diagnosis is often delayed. This case points out the need for considering intussusception even in middle-aged patients whose initial presentation is concomitant bleeding and pain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1070-3004
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
298-300
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Epigastraglia with tarry stools in a middle-aged female caused by jejunal intussusception due to a hamartoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Emergency Department, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports