Successful medical treatment for a Crohn’s disease patient with a perforation by a second-generation patency capsule
oleh: Hiroki Tanabe, Katsuyoshi Ando, Hironori Ohdaira, Yutaka Suzuki, Ichiro Konuma, Nobuhiro Ueno, Mikihiro Fujiya, Toshikatsu Okumura
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2018-12-01 |
Deskripsi
Background and study aims Symptomatic capsule retention is a very rare adverse event following patency capsule, and the vast majority of cases are resolved without either surgical or endoscopic intervention. We herein describe a rare case of small bowel perforation after swallowing a patency capsule in a 37-year-old man suspected of having Crohn’s disease.