Heyde's syndrome: diagnosis and management by the novel single-balloon enteroscopy.
We present a case of obscure gastro-intestinal bleeding due to small bowel angiodysplasia in a 68-year-old woman with severe aortic valve stenosis. The diagnosis was confirmed and subsequently managed using single-balloon enteroscopy.
Hui
Y T
YT
Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong. hui_yee_tak@hotmail.com
Lam
W M
WM
Fong
Nancy M S
NM
Yuen
P K
PK
Lam
Jodis T W
JT
D000368:Aged; D016888:Angiodysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D053704:Capsule Endoscopy; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small; D013577:Syndrome