Author： Yu Cheng-Chan
Publisher： Springer Publishing Company
ISSN： 0941-1291
Source： Surgery Today, Vol.34, Iss.3, 2004-03, pp. : 265-267
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Abstract
An intestinal web is a rare congenital anomaly, typically reported in childhood, but often remaining asymptomatic throughout the entire life span of the individual. We report the case of a symptomatic intestinal web associated with an enteric bezoar in an adult, which to the best of our knowledge has never been documented before. A 25-year-old man presented with acute small bowel obstruction, and laparotomy revealed a stenotic area of the ileum as well as impaction of an enteric bezoar. We resected this segment of ileum and an intestinal web was subsequently found in the stenotic area. The patient recovered well and has remained asymptomatic for 3 years. Although rare, a congenital intestinal web may be a cause of adult small bowel obstruction requiring surgical resection.
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