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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 21, 2012; 18(11): 1154-1158
Published online Mar 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i11.1154
Published online Mar 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i11.1154
Table 6 Causes of occult gastrointestinal bleeding
| Mass lesions | Carcinoma (any site) |
| Large > 1.5 cm adenoma (any site) | |
| Inflammatory lesions | Erosive oesophagitis ulcer (any site) |
| Cameron lesion | |
| Erosive gastropathy | |
| Celiac sprue | |
| Ulcerative colitis | |
| Crohn's disease | |
| Non specific colitis | |
| Caecal ulcer | |
| Vascular lesions | Angiodysplasia (any site) |
| Portal hypertensive gastropathy (colonpathy) | |
| Gastric antral vascular ectasia | |
| Hemangioma | |
| Dieulatory lesion | |
| Infection | Hockworm |
| Whipworm | |
| Stronyloidosis | |
| Ascariosis | |
| Tuberculous enterocolitis | |
| Amoebiasis | |
| Cytomegalo virus |
- Citation: El-Tawil AM. Trends on gastrointestinal bleeding and mortality: Where are we standing? World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18(11): 1154-1158
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v18/i11/1154.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v18.i11.1154