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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 21, 2012; 18(11): 1154-1158
Published online Mar 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i11.1154
Published online Mar 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i11.1154
Table 6 Causes of occult gastrointestinal bleeding
Mass lesions | Carcinoma (any site) |
Large > 1.5 cm adenoma (any site) | |
Inflammatory lesions | Erosive oesophagitis ulcer (any site) |
Cameron lesion | |
Erosive gastropathy | |
Celiac sprue | |
Ulcerative colitis | |
Crohn's disease | |
Non specific colitis | |
Caecal ulcer | |
Vascular lesions | Angiodysplasia (any site) |
Portal hypertensive gastropathy (colonpathy) | |
Gastric antral vascular ectasia | |
Hemangioma | |
Dieulatory lesion | |
Infection | Hockworm |
Whipworm | |
Stronyloidosis | |
Ascariosis | |
Tuberculous enterocolitis | |
Amoebiasis | |
Cytomegalo virus |
- Citation: El-Tawil AM. Trends on gastrointestinal bleeding and mortality: Where are we standing? World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18(11): 1154-1158
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v18/i11/1154.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v18.i11.1154