Table 1.
Pediatric indications for the use of WCE |
Intestinal inflammation |
Crohn's disease |
Celiac disease |
Occult or obscure intestinal bleeding |
Vascular malformations |
Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein Purpura) |
Meckel's diverticulum |
Protein-losing enteropathies |
Intestinal lymphangiectasia |
Miscellaneous |
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome |
Familial and nonfamilial polyposis |
Eosinophilic enteropathy |
Food allergy |
Mucosal injury |
Drugs |
Chemotherapy |
Radiotherapy |
Graft versus host disease |
Malignancy |
Chronic abdominal pain |