简介:Amongthevariousdiagnosticmodalitiesforsmallbowelhemangioma,videocapsuleendoscopy(VCE)anddouble-balloonenteroscopy(BE)canberecommendedaspartofthework-upinpatientswithobscuregastrointestinalbleeding(OGIB).BEissuperiortoVCEintheaccuracyofdiagnosisandtherapeuticpotential,whileinmostcasestotalenteroscopycannotbeachievedthroughonlytheantegradeorretrogradeBEprocedures.Astreatmentforsmallbowelbleeding,especiallyspoutbleeding,localizationofthelesionforthedecisionofBEinsertionfacilitatesearlytreatment,suchasendoscopichemostaticclipping,allowingpatientstoavoiduselesstransfusionandtheworseningoftheirdiseaseintolife-threateningstatus.ApplyingendoscopicIndiainkmarkingpriortolaparoscopicsurgicalresectionisaparticularlyusefultechniqueformoreminimallyinvasivetreatment.WereporttwocasesofsmallbowelhemangiomafoundinexaminationsforOGIBthatweretreatedwithcombinationoflaparoscopicandendoscopicmodalities.