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. 1993 Jan;34(1):134–135. doi: 10.1136/gut.34.1.134

Perforation from endoscopic small bowel biopsy.

B Scott 1, G Holmes 1
PMCID: PMC1374116  PMID: 8432444

Abstract

Two patients, having undergone an apparently straightforward endoscopy with small bowel biopsy, developed a perforation. One, who proved to have normal small bowel mucosa, needed laparotomy and suturing of the duodenal perforation. The other, who had coeliac disease, settled with conservative management.

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