Case report: a lesson in capsule endoscopy

Hepatogastroenterology. 2008 May-Jun;55(84):1006-7.

Abstract

A 51-year-old woman with a history of anemia, with negative upper and lower endoscopy results, underwent video capsule endoscopy; the small bowel was found negative but colonic study showed blood present in stools in the lumen. The patient was referred for a second colonoscopy that indicated positive for right colon cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / etiology*
  • Angiodysplasia / diagnosis*
  • Angiodysplasia / surgery
  • Capsule Endoscopy*
  • Colectomy
  • Colonic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Colonic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Colonoscopy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Hemoglobinometry
  • Humans
  • Iron / blood
  • Laser Coagulation
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Occult Blood

Substances

  • Iron