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August 16, 2025CureusOpen Access

The Silent Gush: When a Jejunal Diverticulum Caused Life-Threatening Hemorrhage

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NBNikhil BatraSHSantosh HazareAMAmit Kumar Meena

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Overview

Case report shows that jejunal diverticulum can cause gastrointestinal hemorrhage in high-risk patients, highlighting the need for surgical intervention.

Key Points

  • Life-threatening gastrointestinal hemorrhage occurred due to jejunal diverticulum in a 66-year-old woman, requiring urgent surgical intervention.
  • Initial investigations failed to identify bleeding source, despite using endoscopy and CT angiography, complicating diagnosis.
  • Exploratory laparotomy and intraoperative enteroscopy led to the successful diagnosis and treatment through segmental resection of the small bowel.
  • Highlights the critical need to include jejunal diverticulosis in differential diagnoses for obscure GI bleeding in older patients.

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Batra et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68a366a80a429f797332c927https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.89718
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