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We report the case of a woman in her early 60s, who presented with colocolic intussusception, leading to acute large bowel obstruction. The patient presented with colicky abdominal pain, diarrhoea mixed with blood and mucous and raised inflammatory markers. Abdominal examination revealed mild tenderness in the left lower abdomen.
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March 2025
Department of General Surgery, JNMCH, AMU, Uttar Pradesh 202002, India.
Intussusception is telescoping of a proximal segment of gastrointestinal tract within the lumen of another. Intussusception is a common presentation in pediatric population and present with a classic triad of abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea and a palpable mass. However, intussusception in adults is a rare entity accounting for only 5% of the total cases and is the underlying cause for 1%-5% of all the cases of intestinal obstruction.
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March 2025
Department of Gastroenterology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Primary gastrointestinal (GI) melanomas (PGIMs) are rare, accounting for a small fraction of GI malignancies and particularly uncommon in the small bowel. Diagnosing PGIMs is challenging due to its varied presentations and the difficulty in distinguishing it from metastatic melanoma. We present the case of an 84-year-old man with chronic anemia and intussusception due to primary jejunal melanoma.
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February 2025
Pediatric Department, American Hospital Dubai, Oud Metha, Dubai, UAE.
Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is a common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract, often asymptomatic but occasionally presenting with various complications. Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are slow-growing neoplasms that mostly originate from the small intestine. The typical age for the presence of a carcinoid tumor within MD is above 50s.
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February 2025
Department of Neonatology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
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