title: Perforation from endoscopic small bowel biopsy.
abstract: Two patients, having undergone an apparently straightforward endoscopy with small bowel biopsy, developed a perforation. One, who proved to have normal small bowel mucosa, needed laparotomy and suturing of the duodenal perforation. The other, who had coeliac disease, settled with conservative management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Lincoln County Hospital.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000293:injuries*