Recurrent gastrointestinal hemorrhage from a jejunal duplication cyst in an adult.
- Author:
Sang Soo LEE
1
;
Young Ho KIM
;
Tae Wook KANG
;
Won MOON
;
Min Kyu RYU
;
Kyung Su LEE
;
Dong il PARK
;
Jae Hyuk DO
;
Poong Lyul RHEE
;
Jae J KIM
;
Seung Woon PAIK
;
Jong Chul RHEE
;
Kyoo Wan CHOI
Author Information
1. Division of Gastroenterology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Duplication;
Intestinal;
Jejunum;
Adult;
Hemorrhage
- MeSH:
Adult*;
Female;
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage*;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Jejunum;
Mouth;
Mucous Membrane;
Rectum;
Ulcer
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2001;61(3):264-269
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Duplication of the alimentary tract is an unusual congenital anomaly which may occur at any level, from the oral cavity to the rectum. Jejunal duplication cyst is quite rare and most of them are presented in infancy with the symptoms of abdominal mass, obstruction, hemorrhage and perforation. But some cases has not been diagnosed till adult if duplication cyst was too small enough to cause symptoms. We report a case of a 28-year-old woman who presented with recurrent gastrointestinal hemorrhage as a result of an ulceration without ectopic mucosa in jejunal duplication cyst and was successfully treated with surgery.
