The price of surgery for weight reduction – gastrointestinal bleeding of unknown origin
T Szamosi, K Rábai, Z Czeglédi, Z Nagy, F Salamon, A Vörös, J Banai · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2007 · Heft 05
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We report the case of a 52 years old man who had diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypothyroidism, depression and severe obesity in his history. In 2001 he underwent a successful surgical approach for severe obesity abroad. The details of the performed operation were unknown at the time of our examinations. Since 2004 sideropenic anemia was recognized, but no further examinations were performed. In 2006 acute, severe gastrointestinal bleeding occurred. Gastroscopy and colonoscopy could not reveal the source of the bleeding. During jejunoscopy an entero-enteral anastomosis could be seen. A lesion of the anastomosi…