Twenty-three jejunoileal diaphragms in a 12-year-old boy

A 12-year-old boy with a 5-yr history of unexplained iron deficiency anemia presented with acute abdominal pain and transient small bowel obstruction. At laparotomy he was found to have 23 jejunoileal diaphragms. These were treated by small bowel resection and enterotomy. The patient has remained symptom free without anemia since operation.