Gastroduodenal Intussusception with Fundal Tumor as a Leading Point

Makgasa M

Endosurge Clinic, Gaborone, Botswana Sidilega Private Hospital, Block 7, Gaborone, Botswana

^*Correspondance to: Moneimang Makgasa 

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Abstract

A 79-year-old lady was transferred from a public district hospital with melena and severe symptomatic anemia for emergent endoscopy. The patient felt unwell following food consumption and started vomiting, a week prior arrival in our institute. Following further episodes of vomiting, she was reported to have coffee ground vomitus as observed by family member. At this time, she was feeling dizzy and fainted, hence she did not see the contents of her vomitus. She was found to have melena and HB 4.0 at the district hospital where the initial resuscitation took place before further referral. She did not have history of dyspepsia or any gastrointestinal symptoms prior to this episode, except for some weight loss, which she attributed to old age. There was no history of alcohol intake, smoking or use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. She had received 4 units packed red cells by the time she reached our institute with minimal improvement on anemia symptoms. She has a background history of hypertension for which she was on Hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) 12.5 mg and Nifedipine XL 30 mg once and day respectively.

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Makgasa M. Gastroduodenal Intussusception with Fundal Tumor as a Leading Point. Clin Surg. 2024; 9: 3694..