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Treatment of chronic bleeding of the small intestine in Rendu-Osler-Weber disease with argon plasma coagulation under double-balloon enteroscopy
  1. Bin Shi,
  2. Yiping Wang,
  3. Yuexiang Chen,
  4. Weizhong Chen,
  5. Weifen Xie
  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, China
  1. weifenxie{at}medmail.com.cn

Summary

A 39-year-old man with chronic bleeding from Rendu-Osler-Weber disease in the small intestine was treated with argon plasma coagulation using a custom-made probe under double-balloon enteroscopy. A 10 month follow-up showed no evidence of bleeding.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0664

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    Footnotes

    • *These two authors contributed equally to this work.

    • Competing interests: none.

    • Patient consent: Patient/guardian consent was obtained for publication.