A Case of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor Diagnosed with Double-balloon Enteroscopy.
- Author:
Hyun Gun KIM
1
;
Jin Oh KIM
;
Ik Sung CHOI
;
Soo Hoon EUN
;
Bong Min KO
;
Joo Young CHO
;
Joon Seong LEE
;
So Young JIN
;
Moon Sung LEE
;
Chan Sup SHIM
;
Boo Sung KIM
Author Information
1. Institute for Digestive Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jokim@hosp.sch.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Double-balloon enteroscopy;
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
- MeSH:
Capsule Endoscopy;
Double-Balloon Enteroscopy;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Jejunum;
Lung;
Myofibroblasts;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2008;36(2):97-101
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Gastrointestinal bleeding from an unknown origin occurs in 2~10% of patients with a small bowel lesion. The recent developments in capsule endoscopy and double- balloon enteroscopy have helped improve the accuracy of a diagnosis of small bowel bleeding. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are most often observed in the lungs of young adults but have rarely been reported in conjunction with a small bowel bleeding episode. We report a case of a bleeding inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in the jejunum that had been diagnosed as non specific jejunal bleeding by capsule endoscopy and confirmed by double- balloon enteroscopy.
