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Variceal bleeding from ileum identified and treated by single balloon enteroscopy

Author(s) -

Mario Traina,

Ilaria Tarantino,

Luca Barresi,

Filippo Mocciaro

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

world journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427

H-Index - 155

eISSN - 2219-2840

pISSN - 1007-9327

DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.1904

Subject(s) - medicine , enteroscopy , varices , ileum , endoscopy , double balloon enteroscopy , cirrhosis , radiology , balloon , surgery , gastroenterology

We report a case of acute uncontrolled gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with liver cirrhosis. The upper and lower endoscopy were negative for bleeding lesions. We decided to perform the examination of the small bowel using single-balloon enteroscopy. The lower enteroscopy revealed signs of bleeding from varices of the ileum. In this report, we showed that the injection of a sclerosant solution can be accomplished using a freehand technique via the single balloon enteroscopy.

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