Leiomyoma in a "blind pouch".
This report describes a patient with anemia and chronic diarrhea secondary to an ulcerating leiomyoma in a blind pouch. It emphasizes the clinical and radiologic difficulty in diagnosing focal lesions of the mesenteric small bowel and the need for a careful scrutiny of all segments of small bowel in a patient with unexplained anemia and diarrhea.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery*; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013997:Time Factors