Table 2.

Pediatric indications for the use of WCE [23]

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