Table 4. Common etiologies of patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (N = 85).
< 30 age (N = 11) | 30–65 age (N = 26) | > 65 age (N = 48) | |
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1st | Meckel's diverticulum (3, 17.7%) | Non-specific ulcer (7, 26.9%) | Angiodysplasia (20, 27.0%) |
2nd | Non-specific ulcer (2,11.8%) | Tumor (6, 23.1%) | Non-specific ulcer (5, 13.5%) |
3rd | Angiodysplasia (1, 5.9%), Tumor (1, 5.9%), Diverticulum (1, 5.9%) | Angiodysplasia (5, 19.2%) | Tumor (4, 5.5%), Diverticulum (4, 5.4%) |
SBE: single balloon enteroscopy; OGIB: obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; IBD: inflammatory bowel disease