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Case Reports
. 2010 Feb;24(2):101-2.
doi: 10.1155/2010/182946.

Intermittent obstruction resulting from multiple intestinal webs

Kristel Lobo Prabhu  1 , Robert Enns, Carl J Brown
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Case Reports

Intermittent obstruction resulting from multiple intestinal webs

Kristel Lobo Prabhu et al. Can J Gastroenterol. 2010 Feb.

Abstract
in English, French

Intestinal webs are a rare cause of bowel obstruction. A case of a 32-year-old man with multiple intestinal webs causing intermittent, partial bowel obstruction is described. The webs were initially detected with capsule endoscopy. The patient was treated with intraoperative endoscopy and balloon dilation. At early follow-up, no recurrence of his symptoms was evident.

Les brides intestinales sont une rare cause d’occlusion intestinale. Les auteurs décrivent le cas d’un homme de 32 ans ayant de multiples brides intestinales provoquant une occlusion intestinale partielle et intermittente. On les a d’abord décelées par endoscopie capsulaire. On a traité le patient au moyen d’une endoscopie intra-opératoire et d’une dilatation par ballonnet. Au suivi précoce, on n’a observé aucune récurrence de ses symptômes.

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Figure 1)
Figure 1)
Capsule endoscopy image showing a pinpoint opening in the bowel representing the web. Pillcam SB, Given Imaging Ltd, USA
Figure 2)
Figure 2)
Endoscopic images of a small bowel web before (A), during (B) and after balloon dilation (C)
Figure 3)
Figure 3)
Endoscopic image of a partial, nonobstructing small bowel web that was not balloon dilated
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