Ileal angiodysplasia causing chronic, occult gastrointestinal bleeding in a 14-year-old boy
A 14-year old boy with anemia due to chronic gastrointestinal bleeding required recurrent transfusion. An extensive non-invasive evaluation that included detection of fresh blood in the small bowel followed by laparotomy with on-table pan-endoscopy (including enteroscopy) was unsuccessful in identif...
Main Authors: | Andrew Jackson Murphy, Anna P. Lillis, Harry P. Kozakewich, Ahmad I. Alomari, Heung Bae Kim, Victor L. Fox |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576616301932 |
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