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Despite no clear etiology, the obstruction persisted and intensified. A follow-up computed tomography scan revealed a small bowel obstruction with concurrent megacolon. A total abdominal colectomy was performed, with ileostomy. Grossly, there was intestinal dilation up to 15\u2009cm with prominent brown discoloration of bowel wall. No strictures or other fixed obstruction were identified. Microscopic examination revealed prominent lipofuscin-like pigment deposition, involving the muscularis propria, muscularis mucosae, and vascular smooth muscle. Histochemical staining was positive for periodic acid\u2013Schiff and negative for iron and calcium, consistent with lipofuscin. The gross and histologic findings fit with brown bowel syndrome. Brown bowel syndrome is a very rare condition characterized by lipofuscin deposits predominantly within the smooth muscle of the muscularis mucosae and\/or muscularis propria that imparts a brown color to the bowel. 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