Small-bowel diaphragm disease: seven surgical cases.

Hypothesis: Small-bowel diaphragm disease is an important source of gastrointestinal tract bleeding and subacute intestinal obstruction that may require surgical intervention.

Design: Case series.

Setting: Tertiary-care academic medical center.

Diaphragm disease after use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents: first report of diagnosis with capsule endoscopy.

Diaphragm disease of the small intestine is part of the spectrum of diseases associated with injury to the gastrointestinal tract induced by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Standard endoscopy or contrast studies of the small intestine rarely identify these lesions. The diagnosis usually is established at the time of surgery.