Small Intestinal Lipoma Causing Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
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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: Internal Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.9308