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Gastroenterology / Review
Current insights into the diagnosis and management of small bowel bleeding
Sang Hyun Kim, Ja Seol Koo
Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(5):808-818. Published online September 1, 2026
Small bowel bleeding accounts for 5–10% of gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage and remains a diagnostic challenge because of its diverse etiologies and subtle clinical presentation. Advances in small bowel imaging have refined the diagnostic approach and have led to the replacement of the term obscur..
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Gastroenterology / Review
Optimizing multiple diagnostic modalities for small bowel evaluation: a strategic approach
Dong Jun Oh, Yun Jeong Lim
Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(5):785-798. Published online September 1, 2026
Over the past two decades, the small bowel, once considered a diagnostic “blind spot,” has become fully and comprehensively accessible. This review summarizes recent advances in the main diagnostic modalities: capsule endoscopy (CE), device-assisted enteroscopy (DAE), computed tomography enterogr..
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Gastroenterology / Original Article
Extracellular vesicles derived from small intestinal lamina propria reduce antigen-specific immune response
Tae-Seop Shin, Jae Yong Park, Yoon-Keun Kim, Jae Gyu Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2022;37(1):85-95. Published online August 25, 2021
Background/Aims: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are secreted from various types of cells and have specific functions related to their origin. EVs are observed in the small intestinal lamina propria (lpEVs), but their function remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the role of lpEVs.
Method..
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Case Report
Acute Intestinal Obstruction Caused by a Persimmon Phytobezoar after Dissolution Therapy with Coca-Cola
Seung Soo Ha, Hyun Suk Lee, Min Kyu Jung, Seong Woo Jeon, Chang Min Cho, Sung Kook Kim, Yong Hwan Choi
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(4):300-303. Published online December 20, 2007
Bezoars are concretions or hard masses of foreign matter that are found in the gastrointestinal tract. Recent reports have demonstrated the efficacy of Coca-Cola administration for the dissolution of phytobezors. Here we report on a 73-year-old man with a very large gastric persimmon diospyrobezo..
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Case Report
Visualization of Jejunal Bleeding by Capsule Endoscopy in a Case of Eosinophilic Enteritis
Nayoung Kim, Jin-Wook Kim, Jin-Hyeok Hwang, Dong Ho Lee, Hye Seung Lee, Kyoung Ho Lee, Sung-Won Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2005;20(1):63-67. Published online March 31, 2005
Eosinophilic enteritis is a rare disease characterized by tissue eosinophilia, which can affect different layers of bowel wall. Normally, the disease presents as colicky abdominal pain, and rarely as an acute intestinal obstruction or perforation. In this paper, we report a case of eosinophilic e..
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