title: First histologic confirmation of the diagnosis made by the new wireless-capsule endoscopy.
abstract: Wireless-capsule endoscopy is a new painless technique for endoscopic imaging of the small bowel. A 63-year-old male with iron deficiency anemia and thrombocytosis and extensive negative workup was examined twice with the capsule and was found to have multiple bluish polypoid lesions with a villous-appearing texture. Some of these lesions actually were seen to be bleeding. This is the first time that we have obtained histologic evidence for lesions seen only on the video-capsule endoscopy. The lesion was reached by deep ileoscopy via colonoscopy. On histologic analysis, there was acute and chronic ileitis.
authors.affiliation: Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel. escapa@asaf.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Eitan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scapa
authors.forename: Mehrdad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herbert
authors.forename: Zvi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fireman
mesh_terms: D002214:Capsules; D019723:Endoscopes; D006801:Humans; D007079:Ileitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D002214:Capsules