title: A Rare Cause of Chronic Life Threatening Bleeding in a Girl: The Ulcerated Blind Loops.
abstract: Ulceration in a blind loop can lead to massive gastrointestinal tract (GIT) bleeding. A 13-year old girl presented with symptomatic melena requiring repeated blood transfusion since childhood. She was an operated case of small bowel atresia in neonatal life. Her upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopies were normal. Operation showed presence of multiple ulcers in two blind loops (parts of previous side to side anastomosis) and at the anastomotic site. She underwent resection and end-to-end anastomosis of the small bowel leading to complete resolution of melena and anemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and MRC, Mahim, Mumbai.
authors.forename: Abhijeet D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Sawant
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and MRC, Mahim, Mumbai.
authors.forename: Rasik
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and MRC, Mahim, Mumbai.
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and MRC, Mahim, Mumbai.
authors.forename: Tarun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gupta
keywords: Anastomotic ulcer; Blind loop; Melena; Small bowel atresia