TY - JOUR
TI - Capsule endoscopy retention as a helpful tool in the management of a
young patient with suspected small-bowel disease
AU - Kalantzis, Chryssostomos
AU - Apostolopoulos, Periklis
AU - Mavrogiannis,
AU - Panagiota
AU - Theodorou, Dimitrios
AU - Papacharalampous, Xenofon and
AU - Bramis, Ioannis
AU - Kalantzis, Nikolaos
JO - World Journal of Gastroenterology
PY - 2007
VL - 13
TODO - 8
SP - 1289-1291
PB - W J G PRESS
SN - 1007-9327
TODO - 10.3748/wjg.v13.i8.1289
TODO - capsule endoscopy; retention; small bowel obstruction; obscure
gastrointestinal bleeding; surgery
TODO - Capsule endoscopy is an easy and painless procedure permitting
visualization of the entire small-bowel during its normal peristalsis.
However, important problems exist concerning capsule retention in
patients at risk of small bowel obstruction. The present report
describes a young patient who had recurrent episodes of overt
gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure origin, 18 years after small bowel
resection in infancy for ileal atresia. Capsule endoscopy was performed,
resulting in capsule retention in the distal small bowel. However, this
event contributed to patient management by clearly identifying the site
of obstruction and can be used to guide surgical intervention, where an
anastomotic ulcer is identified. (c) 2007 The WJG Press. All rights
reserved.
ER -