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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2013; 04(02): 049-051
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1700273
Case Report
Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India

Endoscopic tattooing of small bowel by double - balloon endoscopy

Abild Nina
1   Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Køge Hospital, Køge
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Bulut Orhan
2   Department of Hvidovre University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Publication Date:
26 September 2019 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Inflammatory vascular polyps that are complicated by bleeding are difficult to diagnose and localise during the operation. With the improvement in the diagnosis of the small bowel tumours with double balloon endoscopy, the preoperative localization of the lesion is essential to undertake appropriate surgery, and to reduce the time for surgery and avoid resection of wrong segment of small bowel. Double balloon endoscopic tattooing of small bowel tumours and lesions is a new modality to ease the surgery when resection of small bowel is indicated. The literature about double balloon endoscopic tattoo is scant. We present a rare case of small bowel polyp that caused bleeding and the successful use of double balloon endoscopic tattoo preoperatively for the localization of the lesion during surgical procedure. (Dig Endosc 2013;4(2):49-51)

Key Words:

Double balloon endoscopy - Small bowel tumours - Tattoo - Tumour localization - SPOT
 

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