Embolie de cholestérol: Une cause rare d'occlusion de l'intestin grêle

Emmanuel Lederman; Marie Laure Petit; Arnaud Boruchowicz; Martine Lecomte-Houcke; Sylvie Dewailly; Jean Frédéric Colombel

Embolie de cholestérol: Une cause rare d'occlusion de l'intestin grêle

Translated title of the contribution: Cholesterol embolism: An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction

Emmanuel Lederman, Marie Laure Petit, Arnaud Boruchowicz, Martine Lecomte-Houcke, Sylvie Dewailly, Jean Frédéric Colombel

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Abstract

We describe a case of small bowel obstruction secondary to cholesterol crystal embolism in a 83-year-old man. Clinical symptoms were dominated by weight loss and vomiting. Small bowel baryum X-ray displayed a short and unique stricture of the jejunum. Atheromatous embolism was suspected in the presence of an aortic anevrysm. At laparotomy, a 2 cm stricture of jejunum was identified and a 6 cm length segment of small bowel was resected. Pathological features were consistent with cholesterol crystal embolism. The patient did well 3 months after surgery. This observation points out the nonspecific clinical presentation of gastrointestinal cholesterol embolism.

Translated title of the contribution	Cholesterol embolism: An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction
Original language	French
Pages (from-to)	225-227
Number of pages	3
Journal	Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique
Volume	24
Issue number	2
State	Published - Feb 2000
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cholesterol emboli
Small bowel
Stricture

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Embolie de cholestérol: Une cause rare d'occlusion de l'intestin grêle

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