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Anterograde spiral enteroscopy successfully diagnosed an extremely rare primary jejunal angiosarcoma in an 82-year-old man presenting with obscure-overt gastrointestinal bleeding.
Case Report (n=1)
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Spiral enteroscopy can be a useful diagnostic tool for rare deep small bowel tumors such as primary jejunal angiosarcoma.
Hypothesis-generating for spiral enteroscopy in rare jejunal tumors; larger studies needed before any practice change.
Primary gastrointestinal angiosarcoma is an extremely rare disease. We present a unique case in which endoscopic examination of the deep small bowel was necessary to make the diagnosis using spiral enteroscopy.
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Jayaraman et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Primary jejunal angiosarcoma (n=1). Anterograde spiral enteroscopy was evaluated on Diagnosis of primary jejunal angiosarcoma. Anterograde spiral enteroscopy successfully diagnosed an extremely rare primary jejunal angiosarcoma in an 82-year-old man presenting with obscure-overt gastrointestinal bleeding.
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