Abstract:A 77-year-old Japanese male patient was admitted to our hospital complaining of general fatigue and melena. A gastroduodenal endoscopic examination revealed no definitive localized lesions. However, both a large amount of cruor and blood flow from the small intestine into the ascending colon was observed during the colonoscopic examination. At least three tumors, believed to originate from the small intestine, were detected by abdominal computed tomography. Based on these findings, multiple and hemorrhagic sma… Show more
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