A case of intramural sparganosis of jejunum presenting as intestinal obstruction is described. Resected intestine from a 48 year old man with acute abdomen revealed a degenerated sparganum in the submucosa with typical tissue reaction and extensive edema. The tissue reaction was basically granulomatous, consisting of layers of inner palisading histiocytes and outer mononuclear cell infiltration. Many calcospherules were prominent within the degenerated worm. Eosinophil infiltration was scanty.
Granuloma/pathology ; Humans ; Intestinal Obstruction/*etiology ; Jejunal Diseases/etiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Sparganosis/*diagnosis

Inflammatory fibroid polyp occurs very rarely in the jejunum and gastrointestinal bleeding as an initial manifestation of inflammatory fibroid polyp has not been reported. We report a case of a jejunal inflammatory fibroid polyp presenting with melena for 10 days. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopic examination was negative for any active bleeding lesions and abdominal angiography failed to localize the bleeding site as well. In contrast, computed tomography of the abdomen demonstrated a segmental wall thickening of the jejunum with a tumor-like mass lesion associated with dense contrast enhancement. Consistent with this, technetium 99m red blood cells scintigraphy exhibited red cell pooling at the right upper quadrant. On exploratory laparotomy, there was an active bleeding from the site of the jejunal tumor and a segmental resection was performed. Histologically, the tumor lesion of the jejunum was consistent with inflammatory fibroid polyp. Thus, we conclude that the tumor lesion was a cause of the gastrointestinal bleeding.
Adult ; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/*etiology ; Humans ; Intestinal Polyps/diagnosis/*pathology ; Jejunal Diseases/diagnosis/*pathology ; Male

Lymphangioma is a benign tumor composed of numerous small or large thin-walled lymphatic spaces. It shows a predilection for head, neck, and axilla. Jejunal lymphangioma in children is extremely rare. We present a case of 13-year-old girl with jejuno-jejunal intussusception secondary to lymphangioma in jejunum. To our knowledge, this is the second report of jejunal lymphangioma causing intussusception in a child.
Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Intussusception/*etiology/surgery ; Jejunal Diseases/*etiology/surgery ; Jejunal Neoplasms/*complications/*diagnosis/pathology ; Lymphangioma/*complications/*diagnosis/pathology ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Adult intussusception secondary to primary sarcoma is a rare cause of small bowel obstruction. Only a few cases of malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of small bowel presenting as an intussusception have been reported in the literatures. We report a case of small bowel obstruction associated with jejuno-ileal intussusception caused by MFH. A 75-year-old man was admitted with an one-month history of vomiting and epigastric pain aggravated with meals. He was diagnosed as an jejuno-ileal intussusception based on CT scanning and underwent small bowel resection and anastomosis. Resected specimens revealed a polypoid tumor in the ileum and the histology of the tumor was consistent with MFH.
Aged ; English Abstract ; Histiocytoma, Fibrous/*complications/diagnosis ; Humans ; Ileal Diseases/*etiology ; Ileal Neoplasms/*complications/diagnosis ; Intussusception/*etiology ; Jejunal Diseases/*etiology ; Male

No abstract available.
Endoscopy, Digestive System ; Female ; Humans ; Intestinal Perforation/*diagnosis/etiology/surgery ; Jejunal Diseases/*diagnosis/etiology/surgery ; Jejunal Neoplasms/complications/*diagnosis/pathology ; Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/complications/*diagnosis/pathology ; Middle Aged ; Tumor Markers, Biological/analysis

Jejunal infarction as a complication of acute pancreatitis is not common and can not be well recognized. This jejunal infarction usually arises from the venous thrombosis rather than arterial thrombosis. Jejunal infarction results in bowel perforation or stenosis according to its extension of injury and progression rate. Pathologic findings of the involved jejunum show a segmental transmural infarction and mesenteric venous thrombotic occlusions. Early diagnosis should be made for better prognosis. We report a patient with jejunal infarction resulting perforation due to acute pancreatitis, in which the initial presenting symptoms were hematemesis and abdominal distention.
Acute Disease ; Adult ; English Abstract ; Humans ; Infarction/diagnosis/*etiology ; Intestinal Perforation/diagnosis/*etiology ; Jejunal Diseases/diagnosis/*etiology ; Jejunum/*blood supply ; Male ; Pancreatitis/*complications ; Rupture, Spontaneous

No abstract available.
Adult ; Angiography ; Balloon Occlusion ; Capsule Endoscopy ; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/*complications/therapy ; Humans ; Jejunal Diseases/*diagnosis/etiology ; Jejunum/*blood supply ; Male ; Recurrence ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Varicose Veins/*diagnosis/etiology

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Adult ; Arteries/abnormalities ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal ; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/*etiology/pathology ; Humans ; Intestinal Mucosa/blood supply/pathology ; Jejunal Diseases/*etiology/pathology ; Jejunum/*blood supply/pathology ; Male

CMV infection may occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract. Among the small intestine, ileum is the most common site of CMV disease and infection of jejunum is a rare one in patients with CMV gastroenteritis. Although rare, the reason why the recognition of this diagnosis is important is that it cause the lethal hemorrhage and perforation of gastrointestinal tract when its diagnosis and treatment was delayed. Rapid diagnosis are able to using the immunohistochemical stain in shell vial culture of infected specimen or peripheral neutrophils preparation in viremic patients within 8 to 36 hours. The treatment of choice is antiviral agent or surgical resection. We experienced a case of CMV disease of jejunum in patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who showed severe ulceration in jejunum and massive intestinal hemorrhage, and he survived after successful treatment with segmental resection of jejunum and intravenous ganciclovir.
Adult ; Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use ; Cytomegalovirus Infections/drug therapy ; Cytomegalovirus Infections/diagnosis ; Cytomegalovirus Infections/complications* ; Disease-Free Survival ; Enteritis/virology ; Enteritis/surgery ; Enteritis/complications ; Ganciclovir/therapeutic use ; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/therapy ; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/etiology* ; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/diagnosis ; Human ; Jejunal Diseases/virology ; Jejunal Diseases/surgery ; Jejunal Diseases/complications* ; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/drug therapy ; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/diagnosis ; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/complications* ; Male ; Opportunistic Infections/drug therapy ; Opportunistic Infections/diagnosis ; Opportunistic Infections/complications* ; Substances: Ganciclovir ; Substances: Antiviral Agents

Chronic non-granulomatous jejunoileitis is a rare disease characterized by malabsorption, abdominal pain, and diarrhea that causes shallow ulcers in the small bowel. The etiology of chronic non-granulomatous jejunolieitis remains unknown. A 69-year-old man complained of abdominal pain and lower extremity edema. A 99m-Tc albumin scan showed increased radioactivity at the left upper quadrant, suggesting protein-losing enteropathy. A small bowel follow-through did not disclose any lesions. Wireless capsule endoscopy revealed several small bowel ulcers and strictures. A jejunoileal segmentectomy with end-to-end anastomosis was performed, and the histologic examination revealed non-granulomatous ulcers with focal villous atrophy. Ruling out all other possible diagnoses, we diagnosed our patient with chronic non-granulomatous ulcerative jejunoileitis. Postoperatively, the patient's abdominal pain and lower extremity edema improved, and the serum albumin normalized. This is the first case of chronic non-granulomatous ulcerative jejunoileitis localized by wireless capsule endoscopy and treated successfully with segment resection.
Abdominal Pain/etiology ; Aged ; Atrophy/diagnosis/etiology ; Capsule Endoscopy ; Chronic Disease ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Ileitis/*diagnosis/pathology ; Intestine, Small/pathology ; Jejunal Diseases/*diagnosis/pathology ; Malabsorption Syndromes/diagnosis/pathology ; Male ; Mastectomy, Segmental ; Protein-Losing Enteropathies/diagnosis ; Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin/diagnostic use ; Ulcer/pathology