Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume 3, Issue 10 , Pages 959-963, October 2005

Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding: The Role of the Tagged Red Blood Cell Scan, Enteroscopy, and Capsule Endoscopy

  • David R. Cave

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationDavid R. Cave, MD, PhD, Director of Clinical Gastroenterology Research, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655; fax: (508) 856-3981.

published online 23 September 2005.

A 65-year-old African American man was referred for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. He initially had presented 3 months previously with anemia and melena. Both upper-gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy on 2 occasions had not shown a bleeding source. A tagged technetium-99m red blood cell bleeding scan was negative. He had no weight loss or abdominal pain. He had received a total of 25 units of blood. Physical examination was unremarkable.

 

 Dr Cave has been a speaker for and has received research grants from Given Imaging, and he has received research support from Olympus Corporation.

PII: S1542-3565(05)00716-0

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume 3, Issue 10 , Pages 959-963, October 2005