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.
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Kristel
K
Lobo Prabhu
Robert
R
Enns
Carl J
CJ
Brown
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