Enteroscopy: a method for detection of small bowel tumors.
Small bowel neoplasms are difficult to identify. Conventional roentgenographic methods may report false-negative results in 23-44% of cases. We describe a symptomatic patient with a jejunal leiomyoma detected by enteroscopy after radiographic evaluation was equivocal. Enteroscopy can be an effective diagnostic modality in selected patients with small bowel tumors.
D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004724:Endoscopy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male