Author/Editor | Mrevlje, Živa; Sever, Marko; Kocijančič, Borut | |
Title | Small-bowel carcinoid presenting with acute bleeding detected upon wireless capsule endoscopy | |
Translated title | Karcinoid tankega črevesa z akutno krvavitvijo, ki smo ga diagnosticirali s kapsulno endoskopijo | |
Type | članek | |
Source | Radiol Oncol | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 39, št. 3 | |
Publication year | 2005 | |
Volume | str. 193-6 | |
Language | eng | |
Abstract | Background. Intestine carcinoid usually presents with clinical symptoms and signs deriving from its endocrinological influences and rarely bleeds profusely. Case report. We present a patient with intestinal bleeding of unknown origin. After conventional diagnostic procedures only wireless capsule endosopy was able to discover a tumour of small bowel, which was the reason of bleeding. On patohistological examination after the surgical resection it proved to be a small bowel carcinoid. Conclusions. There are indications that WCE, besides being the first small bowel imaging technique, is a very important diagnostic tool, deserving consideration in the early phases of diagnosing small-bowel disease, especially in less intensive or occult bleeding. | |
Descriptors | INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS CARCINOID TUMOR INTESTINE, SMALL MELENA ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL MIDDLE AGE |