Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding occurring 50 years after an appendectomy

Gut. 2011 Oct;60(10):1344, 1403. doi: 10.1136/gut.2009.205526. Epub 2010 Jun 10.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Appendectomy / adverse effects*
  • Appendicitis / surgery
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Hemostasis, Surgical / methods
  • Humans
  • Jejunal Diseases / complications*
  • Jejunal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Jejunal Diseases / surgery
  • Jejunum / pathology
  • Jejunum / surgery
  • Male
  • Time Factors
  • Tissue Adhesions / complications
  • Tissue Adhesions / diagnosis
  • Tissue Adhesions / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed