Intermittent obstruction resulting from multiple intestinal webs.
Intestinal webs are a rare cause of bowel obstruction. A case of a 32-year-old man with multiple intestinal webs causing intermittent, partial bowel obstruction is described. The webs were initially detected with capsule endoscopy. The patient was treated with intraoperative endoscopy and balloon dilation. At early follow-up, no recurrence of his symptoms was evident.
Lobo Prabhu
Kristel
K
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Enns
Robert
R
Brown
Carl J
CJ
D000328:Adult; D053704:Capsule Endoscopy; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence