Occult blood loss in a 17-year-old secondary to small bowel diverticula.
A 17-year-old boy with severe anemia and melena had multiple small bowel diverticula. To our knowledge, this is the youngest patient to present with blood loss of such origin.
D000293:Adolescent; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009780:Occult Blood