Capsule Endoscopy Demonstrating Blood Sucking Hookworms as A Cause of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Journal Title: Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Hookworm infestation will usually present with iron deficiency anemia. In this report we present a case of obscure overt gastrointestinal bleeding occuring from last two years in a young individual, requiring 50 units of blood transfusion. He was diagnosed with hookworm infection on a capsule endoscopy, which demonstrated dancing worms buried in the mucosa of small bowel and were actively sucking blood. He was treated with a short course of mebendazole and recovered completely. Capsule endoscopy can be useful in diagnosing hookworm infection if other modalities fail.
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Varun Gupta, Praveen Sharma, Ashish Kumar, Vikas Singla, Naresh Bansal, Ravi Daswani, Anil Arora
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