Topic Highlight
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 21, 2012; 18(11): 1154-1158
Published online Mar 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i11.1154
Table 6 Causes of occult gastrointestinal bleeding
Mass lesionsCarcinoma (any site)
Large > 1.5 cm adenoma (any site)
Inflammatory lesionsErosive oesophagitis ulcer (any site)
Cameron lesion
Erosive gastropathy
Celiac sprue
Ulcerative colitis
Crohn's disease
Non specific colitis
Caecal ulcer
Vascular lesionsAngiodysplasia (any site)
Portal hypertensive gastropathy (colonpathy)
Gastric antral vascular ectasia
Hemangioma
Dieulatory lesion
InfectionHockworm
Whipworm
Stronyloidosis
Ascariosis
Tuberculous enterocolitis
Amoebiasis
Cytomegalo virus