[Jejunal diverticular bleeding diagnosed by double-balloon enteroscopy: a case report and review of literatures].
Jejunal diverticula is a rare disease and an unusual cause of obscure gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Obscure gasterointestinal bleeding is difficult to treat because the bleeding site cannot be identified by routine endoscopy and contrast studies. A wireless capsule endoscopy is not invasive and can visualize the entire small bowel. However, this method has limitations of incapability of taking biopsies and performing endoscopic interventions such as polypectomy or stent insertion. The double-balloon enteroscopy is being used frequently for the diagnosis and management of various small bowel diseases. We report a case of proximal jejunal diverticular bleeding diagnosed by double-balloon enteroscopy and treated with angiographic embolization.
Chung
Won Gil
WG
Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Hong Joo
HJ
Kim
Seok
S
Choi
Young Ghil
YG
Seok
Hyo Seon
HS
Lee
Do Young
DY
Park
Jung Ho
JH
Kim
Seong Gwun
SG
D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004240:Diverticulum; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged