Video Capsule Endoscopy - Angioectasias, Small Intestine

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abstract

This 81 year old man with severe CAD and CHF was referred for VCE following a negative endoscopic workup for chronic guaiac positive stools. Seen on only three frames, this sequence reveals a single mid small bowel telangectasia, a possible source for his chronic GI blood loss. He has been managed c...

onservatively and continues to require intermittent transfusions despite oral iron therapy.