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

Case report: a lesson in capsule endoscopy

Maria Elena Riccioni  1 , Syed Shah, Riccardo Urgesi, Guido Costamagna
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  • PMID: 18705317
Case Reports

Case report: a lesson in capsule endoscopy

Maria Elena Riccioni et al. Hepatogastroenterology. 2008 May-Jun.

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.

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