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endoscopic small bowel biopsy

Indications: - intestinal neoplasm - inflammatory bowel disease - Whipple's disease - celiac disease Procedure: - most small bowel biopsies are done via upper GI endoscopy

General

upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy; esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) biopsy, intestine endoscopic biopsy

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015