Massive Digestive Bleeding caused by a jejunal diverticulum
Vol. 44 No. 3 (2020), Reporte de Casos
Vol. 44 No. 3 (2020)

Massive Digestive Bleeding caused by a jejunal diverticulum

Reporte de Casos
https://doi.org/10.18004/sopaci.2020.diciembre.35
Published 2020-12-06
Elvira Vaillo Martin
Hospital Doctor Jose Molina Orosa de Lanzarote, Servicio de Cirugía General y Digestiva. Arrecife, Las Palmas, España
Laura Millán Paredes
Hospital Doctor Jose Molina Orosa de Lanzarote, Servicio de Cirugía General y Digestiva. Arrecife, Las Palmas, España
Alberto Márquez Rodriguez
Hospital Doctor Jose Molina Orosa de Lanzarote, Servicio de Gastroenterologia. Arrecife, Las Palmas, España
Aitor Costales Sánchez
Hospital Doctor Jose Molina Orosa de Lanzarote, Servicio de Radiología. Arrecife, Las Palmas, España
Juan de Diego Gamarra
Hospital Doctor Jose Molina Orosa de Lanzarote, Servicio de Cirugía General y Digestiva. Arrecife, Las Palmas, España
Andrea Rossetti
Hospital Doctor Jose Molina Orosa de Lanzarote, Servicio de Cirugía General y Digestiva. Arrecife, Las Palmas, España
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Keywords

diverticula
jejunum
gastrointestinal bleeding
surgery

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Vaillo Martin E, Millán Paredes L, Márquez Rodriguez A, Costales Sánchez A, Gamarra J de D, Rossetti A. Massive Digestive Bleeding caused by a jejunal diverticulum. Cir. parag. [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 6 [cited 2024 Dec. 4];44(3):35-6. Available from: https://cirugia.org.py/index.php/revista/article/view/126
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Abstract

Jejunal diverticula are rare, with a prevalence rate of 0.3-4.6% on autopsy studies and 0.5-2.3% on radiologic studies. It is a clinically silent disease, but complications may include perforation, bleeding, diverticulitis, or intestinal obstruction. We present the case of a 76 years-old man with arterial hypertension and chronic ischemic cardiopathy; admitted at our emergency department for a massive digestive bleeding with surgical management

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