Title
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding as initial presentation of Crohn's disease diagnosed by small intestinal capsule endoscopy
Date Issued
01 January 2010
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Cedrón Cheng H.
García Encinas C.
Abstract
The present case illustrates a patient with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding which MiroCam capsule endoscopy showed erosions and ulcers from distal jejunum to ileum. Considering that ileal ulcers where closer to ileocecal valve, ileoscopy was repeated. Diagnosis with new biopsies was Crohn disease. Capsule endoscopy is an innovative technology, which let us have high resolution color pictures through gastrointestinal tract for more effective and diagnostic view of small bowel in a minimal invasive way. New guidelines in obscure GI bleeding agreed that initial diagnostic imaging of the small bowel should be performed using capsule endoscopy. Ballon assisted enteroscopy, angiography and laparoscopy should be used as a follow-up procedure for targeted endoscopic treatment or for obtaining histopathological diagnosis.
Start page
73
End page
77
Volume
30
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Gastroenterología, Hepatología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-77954597683
PubMed ID
Source
Revista de gastroenterología del Perú : órgano oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú
Resource of which it is part
Revista de gastroenterología del Perú : órgano oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú
ISSN of the container
10225129
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus