Nonspecific ulcerated jejunitis as an unusual complication of laparoscopiccholecystectomy: Report of a case

We describe herein the case of a 65-year-old man in whom a lower gastrointe stinal hemorrhage developed a few days after he underwent an elective lapar oscopic cholecystectomy. A laparotomy was performed on postoperative day 16 and a jejunal segment containing mucosal changes and oozing ulcers was res ected. Pathologic examination of the specimen revealed "nonspecific ulcerat ed jejunitis." There is mo explanation for the etiopathogenesis of this pat hology; however, we concluded that this clinical picture may be attributed to ischemia-reperfusion injury that occurred following an ischemic period c aused by the pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopic surgery.