Small intestinal bleeding.
Bleeding from the small intestine may be difficult to diagnose, because of the organ's length and free intraperitoneal location. Although there is a variety of causes of intestinal bleeding, angiodysplasia is the most common. Several different tests can be used to identify the bleeding site preoperatively or intraoperatively, including enteroscopy.
Lewis
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.
D000368:Aged; D016888:Angiodysplasia / Q000150:complications; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged