Pyogenic granuloma in the jejunum successfully removed by single-balloon enteroscopy

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2017 Feb;109(2):152-154. doi: 10.17235/reed.2017.4153/2015.

Abstract

Pyogenic granuloma is a non-infectious and non-granulomatous lesion. Its location in the small bowel is very rare. We present a 46 year-old woman with a chronic liver disorder that had a severe chronic anemia with occult blood losses. Upper endoscopy and colonoscopy were normal. A small bowel capsule endoscopy showed a pyogenic granuloma in jejunum that was resected endoscopically with single balloon enteroscopy with no major complications. The patient recovered from anemia and six months latter capsule endoscopy did not show lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications
  • Capsule Endoscopy
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / methods*
  • Female
  • Granuloma, Pyogenic / diagnostic imaging
  • Granuloma, Pyogenic / surgery*
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / complications
  • Humans
  • Jejunal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Jejunal Diseases / surgery*
  • Middle Aged