Abstract:Background: Obscure gastrointestinal bleedings accounting for 5%-30% of all gastrointestinal bleedings continue to be a challenge and usually originate from the small bowel.Clinical case: We present a case of a female patient hospitalized with signs of gastrointestinal bleeding three times within 3 months. We could not identify the source of bleeding using standard methods, such as abdominal computed tomography and ultrasonography, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and colonoscopy. We detected a Meckel’s diverticulu… Show more
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