Small-bowel tumors diagnosed by wireless capsule endoscopy: report of five cases.

de Mascarenhas-Saraiva, M N; da Silva Araújo Lopes, L M

de Mascarenhas-Saraiva, M N; da Silva Araújo Lopes, L M.

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de Mascarenhas-Saraiva MN; Department of Gastroenterology, Trofa Hospital and Trindade Hospital, Porto, Portugal. Miguelms@manoph.pt

Endoscopy ; 35(10): 865-8, 2003 Oct.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14551868

RESUMEN

Tumors of the small bowel, both benign and malignant, are relatively uncommon. As the symptoms are vague and conventional diagnostic tests are unsatisfactory, these tumors often present a clinical, radiological, and endoscopic challenge. We report here on five patients in whom small-bowel tumors were diagnosed using wireless capsule endoscopy. The indications for capsule endoscopy were: obscure gastrointestinal bleeding in four patients (one jejunal capillary hemangioma, one ileal hemangiosarcoma, and two jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumors) and chronic abdominal pain in one patient (ileal carcinoid). Wireless capsule endoscopy, a new endoscopic method, promises to improve the diagnosis of deep small-bowel pathology.

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Endoscopía Gastrointestinal/métodos; Neoplasias del Íleon/diagnóstico; Neoplasias del Yeyuno/diagnóstico; Anciano; Anciano de 80 o más Años; Anemia Ferropénica/etiología; Femenino; Hemangioma Capilar/diagnóstico; Humanos; Neoplasias del Íleon/complicaciones; Neoplasias del Yeyuno/complicaciones; Masculino; Persona de Mediana Edad

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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Endoscopía Gastrointestinal / Neoplasias del Íleon / Neoplasias del Yeyuno Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies Límite: Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Endoscopy Año: 2003 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Portugal Pais de publicación: Alemania

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