Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding caused by small intestinal lipoma: a case report
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Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding caused by small intestinal lipoma: a case report
BACKGROUND Small intestinal lipomas are rare, usually asymptomatic, and most commonly encountered incidentally during investigation of the gastrointestinal tract for another reason. However, they may cause obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding due to a small intestinal lipoma. A 69-year-old Japanese man on antiplatelet thera...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Case Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: 10.1186/s13256-016-1014-4