title: Multiple idiopathic small bowel strictures: report of three cases.
abstract: Multiple strictures of the small bowel are relatively rare. In many cases, a distinct cause can be defined, but some strictures are unexplainable by any specific mechanism and have been termed 'idiopathic' small bowel strictures. We present 3 cases of multiple small bowel strictures in which the affected segments were studied with perioperative photoplethysmography, in vivo specimen angiography and pathology. Neither photoplethysmographic alterations nor structural vascular lesions were found.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery, Internal Medicine and Pathology, Clinic University Hospital of Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García-Granero
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miró
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sabater
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Millán
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lledó
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017156:Photoplethysmography; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence