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Case Reports
. 2011 Mar 22;183(5):577-80.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.091748. Epub 2010 Oct 25.

Meloxicam-induced enteropathy of the small bowel

Chaitanya Are  1 , Mohit Turagam, John A Aucar, Eugene Greenberg
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Case Reports

Meloxicam-induced enteropathy of the small bowel

Chaitanya Are et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Images from video capsule endoscopy of the small bowel in a 52-year-old woman with meloxicam-induced enteropathy, showing inflammation and erosion of mucosa (white arrows) and diaphragm-like strictures resulting in various degrees of luminal narrowing (black arrows).
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