Impacted bone fragment in a small-bowel diverticulum: an extremely rare cause of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

Endoscopy. 2014:46 Suppl 1 UCTN:E262. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1365430. Epub 2014 May 22.

Authors

Hazem T Hammad¹, Leen Al-Sayyed¹, Shoba Theivanayagam¹, Van Nguyen², Arthur Rawlings³, Matthew L Bechtold¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
² Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

PMID: 24853449
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1365430

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Diverticulum / complications*
Diverticulum / surgery
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
Foreign Bodies / complications*
Foreign Bodies / diagnosis
Foreign Bodies / surgery
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / surgery
Humans
Intestine, Small
Male