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evident bleeding episode from at least 6 months, whereas the latter indicated a history of recurrent bleeding episodes of melena or lower GI bleeding in the last 6 months (Sturniolo et al., 2006).
In our [...] small bowel ulcers in 11 patients, intestinal diffuse lym- phangectasia in 7, CD in 6 (Fig. 4), NSAID enteropathy in 6, and Whipple disease in 3. Thus the overall diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy for [...] (%)
Diarrhea 31 14 (45 %) 12 (39 %)
Abdominal pain
24 10 (42 %) 6 (25 %)
Mal- absorption
20 2 (10 %) 9 (45 %)
Suspected Crohn’s disease
8 6 (75 %) 1 (13 %)
Total 83 32 (39 %) 28 (34 %)
DISCUSSION
In this …