Endoscopic research methods for morphofunctional changes in the small intestine

Abstract

Purpose: to analyze the results of diagnosis and treatment of tumors of the small intestine, which served as a source of small bowel bleeding. Materials and methods: 35 patients were analyzed: men - 19 (59.4%), women - 16 (41.6%) aged 19 to 85 years, with tumors and tumor-like lesions of the jejunum and ileum. The main indication for examination of the small intestine in these patients was the search for a source of bleeding that was not identified by standard diagnostic methods (esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy). After analyzing the clinical picture in 5 examined patients with identified tumors of the small intestine, 3 (15.5%) clinical symptoms were manifested by obvious intestinal bleeding characterized by melena or hematochezia, and in 2 (10.5%) patients the course was latent. Conclusion: After analyzing the results of the diagnosis of small intestine tumors complicated by bleeding in young and middle-aged patients, the survey data demonstrate the importance of enteroscopy techniques in patients with iron deficiency anemia and chronic recurrent bleeding