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Upper G.I. hemorrhage from glass fragments’ ingestion in a patient with jejunal diverticula – Case report()
INTRODUCTION: Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common emergency. The ingestion of foreign bodies represents a less frequent cause of bleeding, but it is equally life-threatening, especially if the patient does not report the incident. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We are reporting the case of a 77...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4334954/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25543882 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.11.069 |
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author | Gattai, Riccardo Pantalone, Desire’ Migliaccio, Maria Luisa Bonizzoli, Manuela Peris, Adriano Bechi, Paolo |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common emergency. The ingestion of foreign bodies represents a less frequent cause of bleeding, but it is equally life-threatening, especially if the patient does not report the incident. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We are reporting the case of a 77-year-old patient with a bleeding caused by ingestion of glass fragments with co-existing jejunal diverticula. DISCUSSION: The ingestion of foreign bodies is a rare, mostly accidental event. Another possible source of upper G.I. bleeding is jejunal diverticula; in this case, the examination of the specimens showed evidence of glass ingestion fragments as the likely cause of bleeding. CONCLUSION: Surgeons should be aware that patients may fail to report correctly on the possible causes of bleeding, misleading the diagnosis, and delaying the diagnostic routes. |
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spelling | pubmed-43349542015-03-03 Upper G.I. hemorrhage from glass fragments’ ingestion in a patient with jejunal diverticula – Case report() Gattai, Riccardo Pantalone, Desire’ Migliaccio, Maria Luisa Bonizzoli, Manuela Peris, Adriano Bechi, Paolo Int J Surg Case Rep Article INTRODUCTION: Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common emergency. The ingestion of foreign bodies represents a less frequent cause of bleeding, but it is equally life-threatening, especially if the patient does not report the incident. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We are reporting the case of a 77-year-old patient with a bleeding caused by ingestion of glass fragments with co-existing jejunal diverticula. DISCUSSION: The ingestion of foreign bodies is a rare, mostly accidental event. Another possible source of upper G.I. bleeding is jejunal diverticula; in this case, the examination of the specimens showed evidence of glass ingestion fragments as the likely cause of bleeding. CONCLUSION: Surgeons should be aware that patients may fail to report correctly on the possible causes of bleeding, misleading the diagnosis, and delaying the diagnostic routes. Elsevier 2014-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4334954/ /pubmed/25543882 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.11.069 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Gattai, Riccardo Pantalone, Desire’ Migliaccio, Maria Luisa Bonizzoli, Manuela Peris, Adriano Bechi, Paolo Upper G.I. hemorrhage from glass fragments’ ingestion in a patient with jejunal diverticula – Case report() |
title | Upper G.I. hemorrhage from glass fragments’ ingestion in a patient with jejunal diverticula – Case report() |
title_full | Upper G.I. hemorrhage from glass fragments’ ingestion in a patient with jejunal diverticula – Case report() |
title_fullStr | Upper G.I. hemorrhage from glass fragments’ ingestion in a patient with jejunal diverticula – Case report() |
title_full_unstemmed | Upper G.I. hemorrhage from glass fragments’ ingestion in a patient with jejunal diverticula – Case report() |
title_short | Upper G.I. hemorrhage from glass fragments’ ingestion in a patient with jejunal diverticula – Case report() |
title_sort | upper g.i. hemorrhage from glass fragments’ ingestion in a patient with jejunal diverticula – case report() |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4334954/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25543882 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.11.069 |
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