Radiation enteritidis diagnosed by wireless capsule endoscopy.
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چکیده
A 55 year-old patient was attended at our institution due to epigastric pain. She had suffered an apendicectomy in her childhood and an endometrial carcinoma treated with surgery and radiotherapy 10 years ago. She had been attended at emergency room on several occasions for nausea, bilious vomiting, and abdominal pain. No abnormalities were seen either on her analyses or in her abdominal X-ray. Along these years (20082011), two upper gastrointestinal endoscopies, one colonoscopy with ileoscopy, an abdominal CT scan, a nuclear magnetic cholangioresonance and a small bowel barium enema were performed, which yielded no pathological findings. Only abdominal CT scan finally identified thickened bowel loops and free fluid suggesting radiation enteritis. So, wireless capsule endoscopy was indicated. This study showed angiectasias, severe villous edema and diffuse lymphangiectasias with mucosal denudation (Fig. 1). There were at least 3 strictures in the proximal small bowel (Fig. 2 A and B). The capsule remained stationary for almost two hours in one of them. After 7 hours recording, it had not reach the cecum, but it was retrieved 24 hours later spontaneously. Chronic radiation enteritidis was diagnosed on the basis of the clinical and capsule findings. We added pentoxifylline and decided to follow up. Surgery will be indicated if symptoms become severe or more frequent. Radiation enteritidis diagnosed by wireless capsule endoscopy
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva
دوره 104 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012