Benign lymphoid hyperplasia (BLH) is a benign reactive process within the small intestine
that is not uncommonly encountered during ileoscopy or capsule endoscopy. Severe,
life-threatening GI hemorrhage caused by BLH, however, is extremely rare. To the best
our knowledge, only 2 additional cases of obscure overt GI bleeding from BLH have
been described. We present an additional case of a 41-year-old man with severe hemorrhage
from nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of the terminal ileum.
Abbreviations:
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Published online: September 04, 2007
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© 2007 American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
