Successful Conservative Management of a Traumatic Intramural Duodenal Hematoma Using a Double Elementary Diet Tube.

Intern MedFeb 1, 2026 (epub)
Case ReportGastroenterology

Jun-Ichi Hanatani, Norihisa Nishimura, Natsumi Shibasaki et al.

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Case in brief

A 49-year-old man presented with anorexia and vomiting after abdominal trauma. Computed tomography showed duodenal obstruction, and non-contrast MRI demonstrated a subacute intramural hematoma; together with the trauma history, these findings supported traumatic intramural duodenal hematoma. An endoscopically placed double elementary diet (W-ED) tube provided gastric decompression and enteral nutrition. He was managed without surgery or central venous nutrition, resumed oral intake after 1 month, and had complete resolution confirmed at 3 months.

What made this case unusual

The W-ED tube was used to provide both gastric decompression and enteral nutrition during conservative management, avoiding surgery and central venous nutrition.

Diagnostic / clinical pearl

In a patient with duodenal obstruction after abdominal trauma, MRI may help identify an intramural hematoma when CT shows the obstruction.

Source

PubMed · PMID 41621875

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