Afferent loop syndrome: a different picture
Diba, A.A.; Grossman, E.T.; Dolan, E.P.
American Journal of Gastroenterology 66(1): 72-75
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270 PMID: 970389 Document Number: 102302
A patient who had a 50% gastrectomy with a Billroth II gastrojejunostomy one and a half years previously, complained of recent severe weakness as the only symptom was found to have an iron deficiency anemia with a periumbilical mass. A gastrointestinal series showed a soft tissue density in the epigastric area which, by ultrasonography, was found to be fluid-containing. Laparotomy revealed obstruction of the afferent loop caused by a marginal ulcer.