A CASE OF RECURRENT BLEEDING FROM AN ILEOCECAL ULCER ASSOCIATED WITH CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS, REQUIRING THREE ENDOSCOPIC HEMOSTASIS PROCEDURES

Abstract

A 36-year-old man was admitted to our hospital at night with complaints of bloody stools. Emergency CS revealed a circular ulcer on the upper lip of the ileocecal valve, with active bleeding from an exposed vessel, which was treated with coagulation hemostasis using hemostatic forceps. Campylobacter enteritis was suspected owing to the history of an enteritis-like episode and the ileocecal ulcer following consumption of raw chicken about a month prior. During hospitalization, bleeding from another exposed vessel in the ulcer was noted, and two additional endoscopic hemostasis procedures were performed. Stool culture confirmed the presence of Campylobacter jejuni. After starting oral clarithromycin, the patientʼs bloody stools resolved, and he was discharged.