Rahul Karna, Tabeer Rana, Nabeeha Mohy-Ud-Din, Dhruv Chaudhary, Ragunath Appasamy
Small bowel diverticulum, though rare, can result in complications including diverticulitis, hemorrhage, intussusception, fistula, perforation, or bacterial overgrowth. Here, we present a case of gastrointestinal bleeding as a complication of jejunal diverticulum, resulting in hemorrhagic shock. The patient had a negative endoscopy and colonoscopy, prompting computed tomography angiogram, which identified one jejunal diverticulum with active contrast extravasation into the lumen of the small bowel. She underwent successful coil embolization, resulting in cessation of bleeding...
2022: Proceedings of the Baylor University Medical Center