Clinical features of ten cases of cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous stenosing enteritis / 中华消化杂志

Objective To investigate the clinical features of cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous stenosing enteritis(CMUSE),and to improve the diagnosis of this rare disease.Methods From 2010 to 2015,clinical data of 10 patients with CMUSE were retrospectively analyzed,including clinical features,laboratory examination,imaging examination,appearance under endoscopy,pathologic characteristics,location of lesions,treatment and prognosis.Results Among the 10 patients with CMUSE (male six,female four),the mean age was (35.1±14.8) years.The predominant clinical manifestation was melena (eight cases),abdominal pain (eight cases) and anemia (nine cases).The results of laboratory examination showed normal in erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP).Among seven patients,hypersensitive C reactive protein (hsCRP) of two patients increased.Imaging examination showed intestinal stricture and appearance under endoscopic examination was intestinal ulcers and stenosis.Pathologic finding was superficial ulcers at mucosal and submucosal layers.Lesions mostly involved small intestine,and one case involving ileocecal valves and rectum.Among the 10 patients,seven patients received combination of surgical resection and prednisone treatment,and three patients were only administrated with medications.After treatment,seven patients remainedremission and three patients relapsed after remission.Immunosuppressors and enteral nutrition was effective in two of them and glucocorticoid resistance happened in one patient.Conclusions The diagnosis of CMUSE should he considered in patients with unexplained recurrent bowel obstruction,melena,anemia and concomitant intestinal ulcer and stricture.Endoscopy plays an important role in the diagnosis.Glueocorticoid is effective but easy to relapse.Immunomodulators and enteral nutrition may be considered as second-line therapy.

Atypical Small Bowel Obstruction Following Repair of Inguinal Hernia: A Case of Intestinal Stenosis of Garré

We here report an atypical case of small bowel obstruction ten days following repair of an inguinal hernia that had been recurrently reduced. A preoperative diagnosis of this rare intestinal stenosis of Garré is difficult, and was based on the clinical, operative and pathological findings. Forced reduction of a hernia is not recommended because of the risk of rendering its contents ischaemic with subsequent fibrotic stenosis, or reducing a strangulated bowel into the abdominal cavity with subsequent perforation and peritonitis.

Estenosis congénita de íleon en un lactante de 5 meses de edad con síndrome de obstrucción intestinal / Congenital stenosis of the ileum in a 5-month-old infant with intestinal obstruction syndrome

Introducción. La atresia intestinal se refiere a la obstrucción completa de la luz del intestino y la estenosis al bloqueo parcial de ésta. Ocurre un caso por cada 4,000 a 5,000 nacimientos y no existen diferencias de presentación en cuanto al sexo. Cuando la obstrucción es incompleta los signos como vómito, la distensión abdominal y el estreñimiento pueden aparecer poco tiempo después del nacimiento o retrasarse de forma indeterminada. No se presentan grandes dificultades para diagnosticar la atresia intestinal; en cambio es más complicado diagnosticar la estenosis. El síndrome obstructivo del lactante obliga a descartar la estenosis congénita intestinal. Se han presentado casos en edades más avanzadas aunque esto es raro. Caso clínico. Se presenta el caso de un paciente femenino de 5 meses de edad con un cuadro clínico de obstrucción intestinal que fue manejado quirúrgicamente; se encontró una estenosis congénita de íleon. La paciente evolucionó sin complicaciones. Conclusiones. El síndrome obstructivo del lactante por estenosis intestinal es una entidad rara que no suele sospecharse de primera instancia; sin embargo, debe descartarse al realizar el protocolo de estudio para obstrucción intestinal.

Background. Intestinal atresia refers to complete obstruction or partial stenosis of the intestinal lumen. The prevalence is 1/4000-5000 births, without gender predilection. When the blockage is incomplete, signs such as vomiting, abdominal distension, and constipation may occur shortly after birth or delayed in an unspecifed manner. In intestinal atresia, the challenge may not be significant; however, stenosis may pose considerable diffculties. Obstructive syndrome must be ruled out in infant congenital intestinal stenosis. Even more rare cases have occurred during later ages. Case Report. We report on a 5-month-old female infant with clinical symptoms of intestinal obstruction, which was managed surgically. Surgical finding was a congenital stricture of the ileum. The patient recovered without complications. Conclusions. Obstructive syndrome in infant intestinal stenosis is a rare entity, which is usually not first suspected, but it should be ruled out as a study protocol for intestinal obstruction.

Posttraumatic Intestinal Stenosis

We report a case of posttraumatic intestinal stenosis (PIS), an uncommon sequela of blunt abdominal trauma, in which injury to the mesentery and bowel wall results in later focal ischemic stricture of that segment. We present CT images at the time of trauma and 3 weeks later when clinical signs of intestinal obstruction occurred. At surgery, a stenotic small bowel loop was found adjacent to a healed defect in the mesentery. Histologic examination of the resected segment showed mucosal and submucosal ischemia with mucosal ulceration, mural inflammation, and fibrosis. PIS subsequent to a mesenteric tear should be included in the differential diagnosis for a patient with a history of blunt abdominal trauma and signs of intestinal obstruction.

A Clinical Study of Congenital Intestinal Atresia and Stenosis

Seventy neonates with congenital intestinal atresia and stenosis who were treated at pediatric surgical service, Hanyang University Hospital from September 1979 to December 1996 were analyzed retrospectively. The lesion occurred in 27 cases at the duodenum, in 26 cases at the jejunum, in 13 cases at the ileum, and in 2 cases at the pylorus and colon each. The atresia predominated over the stenosis by the ratio of 4 : 1. Male to female ratio was 1.3 : 1. The average gestational age was 38 weeks, and the average birth weight was 2,754 grams. Though 22.9% were borne prematurely and 34.3% had low birth weight, 92.3% of them had a weight appropriate for gestational age. The clinical manifestations were bile-stained vomiting (70%), abdominal distention (35.7%), jaundice (37.1%), and delayed passage of meconium (51.4%). Polyhydramnios (40%) was more frequently observed in duodenal and jejunal atresia while microcolon in ileal atresia (58.3%). Weight loss and electrolyte imbalance occurred more frequently in the duodenal stenosis cases because of delayed diagnosis. Twenty (55.6%) of 37 jejunoileal atresia cases had evidence of intrauterine vascular accident : 4 intrauterine intussusception, 3 intrauterine volvulus and 3 strangulated intestine in gastroschisis, and 10 cases of intrauterine peritonitis. There were one or more associated anomalies in 45 patients (64.3%). Preoperatively proximal loop volvulus developed in 3 cases and proximal loop perforation in 5 cases and one case each of distal loop perforation, duodenal perforation and midgut volvulus occurred in the jejunoileal atresia. There were 10 multiple atresia cases and 14 short bowel cases. Overall mortality rate was 20%.