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An Unusual Case of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Patient with Coeliac Disease
This paper describes the journey of a patient with coeliac disease who presented with overt obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy did not reveal a source of bleeding, but an abdominal CT scan detected abnormal lymphadenopathy and a wireless capsule endoscopy d...
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2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350123/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606425 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/634684 |
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description | This paper describes the journey of a patient with coeliac disease who presented with overt obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy did not reveal a source of bleeding, but an abdominal CT scan detected abnormal lymphadenopathy and a wireless capsule endoscopy diagnosed a jejunal tumour, which was surgically removed. Gastrointestinal bleeding is rare in celiac disease. Malignant tumours of the small intestine are generally uncommon, but celiac disease represents a significant risk factor. Wireless capsule endoscopy has been a useful tool to investigate patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. |
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spelling | pubmed-33501232012-05-17 An Unusual Case of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Patient with Coeliac Disease Gwiggner, M. Patel, P. Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report This paper describes the journey of a patient with coeliac disease who presented with overt obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy did not reveal a source of bleeding, but an abdominal CT scan detected abnormal lymphadenopathy and a wireless capsule endoscopy diagnosed a jejunal tumour, which was surgically removed. Gastrointestinal bleeding is rare in celiac disease. Malignant tumours of the small intestine are generally uncommon, but celiac disease represents a significant risk factor. Wireless capsule endoscopy has been a useful tool to investigate patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3350123/ /pubmed/22606425 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/634684 Text en Copyright © 2011 M. Gwiggner and P. Patel. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Gwiggner, M. Patel, P. An Unusual Case of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Patient with Coeliac Disease |
title | An Unusual Case of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Patient with Coeliac Disease |
title_full | An Unusual Case of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Patient with Coeliac Disease |
title_fullStr | An Unusual Case of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Patient with Coeliac Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Case of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Patient with Coeliac Disease |
title_short | An Unusual Case of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Patient with Coeliac Disease |
title_sort | unusual case of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with coeliac disease |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350123/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606425 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/634684 |
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