Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to Miguel Teresi.
The extragonadal manifestations of intestinal endometriosis necessitating immediate abdominal surgical exploration are, to date, sparsely represented within the literature. We present two cases of acute complete small and large bowel obstruction secondary to endometriosis, requiring emergent laparotomy; and review the pertinent literature.
Distal esophageal diverticula are uncommon acquired anomalies of the distal thoracic esophagus. We report a case of an elderly man presenting with a history of upper gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to a distal esophageal diverticulum arising from the intra-abdominal portion of the esophagus. To our knowledge, this is the first report of upper gastrointestinal bleeding from a subdiaphragmatic esophageal diverticulum. We propose the term "hypophrenic diverticulum of the esophagus" for this disease entity, and we would like to bring it to the attention of readers of The American Surgeon.