Diffuse enteric ischemia due to Wegener’s granulomatosis revealed by capsule endoscopy (with video)
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Diffuse enteric ischemia due to Wegener's granulomatosis revealed by capsule endoscopy (with video).
medical history presented with arthralgia and abdominal pain. Twodays after admission, while under investigation for multiple arthritis, he suffered hematochezia, weakness, and low blood pressure. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed no abnormalities, but colonoscopy and retrograde ileoscopy revealed clots of blood through the whole enteric lumen. No sign of active bleeding was found. Mesenteric a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endoscopy
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0013-726X,1438-8812
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1215319