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Open Access 01-12-2007 | Case report
Multiple jejuno-jejunal fistulae of uncertain origin: a case report
Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports | Issue 1/2007
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A 43 year-old male patient presented with small bowel obstruction while being treated for cervical tuberculous lymphadenopathy. Laparotomy revealed multiple adhesions and multiple jejuno-jejunal fistulae. Absence of previous abdominal surgery or other abdominal insult favoured an 'idiopathic' origin of these unusual lesions, although treated tuberculosis may have been the underlying cause. To the best of our knowledge this intestinal condition has never previously been reported in the medical literature.