Koulaouzidis A, Douglas S, Plevris JN

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A 73-year-old male, with known cirrhosis of non-alcoholic a etiology was referred for capsule endoscopy due to recurrent and transfusion dependent anaemia. His oesophagogastroscopy revealed no evidence of varices but florid portal hypertensive gastropathy. His capsule was performed after 12 h of fast and 1 litre of polyethyleneglycol laxative preparation. It showed images of portal hypertensive enteropathy (PHE), starting at the level of the duodenum. Mucosal views of the lower jejunum and ileum were obscured by melaena however, where visible, villi bearing prominent central capillaries were noted (Figures 1 and 2); capsule endoscopy produces images at 8x magnification of normal and it is possible to obtain images of outstanding resolution.

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