Is Occult Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding a Definite Indication for Capsule Endoscopy? A Retrospective Analysis of Diagnostic Yield in Patients with Occult versus Overt Bleeding

Table 3

Cases of occult OGIB due to tumor.

Patient	Final diagnosis	Indication for CE	Treatment
26-year-old woman	Aberrant pancreas	Positive FOBT, IDA	Surgery
40-year-old woman	T-cell lymphoma	Positive FOBT, IDA	Chemotherapy
68-year-old woman	Jejunum carcinoma	Positive FOBT, IDA	Surgery
81-year-old woman	GIST	IDA	Surgery

FOBT: fecal occult blood test; IDA: iron deficiency anemia; GIST: gastrointestinal stromal tumor.