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A case of massive intestinal blood loss from multiple duodeno-jejunal diverticula is described. A 39-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of recurrent bloody stool and worsening anemia. Upper and lower endoscopy, selective abdominal angiography, and radionuclide scanning were performed to seek the cause of the intestinal bleeding, but none of these studies revealed the source of bleeding. Small-bowel barium follow-through examination showed numerous diverticula in the distal duodenum and proximal jejunum. Excision of the duodenal diverticulum and resection of the involved portion of the jejunum cured the patient. On histopathological examination, an ulcerative lesion with an exposed vessel suggestive of the source of bleeding was seen in the resected duodenal diverticulum. Although duodeno-jejunal diverticula are rare, the importance of a careful search for this malformation in a patient with intestinal blood loss is stressed.
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Received: September 28, 1998 / Accepted: June 25, 1999
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Hamada, N., Ishizaki, N., Shirahama, K. et al. Multiple duodeno-jejunal diverticula causing massive intestinal bleeding. J Gastroenterol 35, 159–162 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005350050030
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s005350050030