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Capsule endoscopy image. To evaluate small bowel involvement, capsule endoscopy was performed, showing multiple deep ulcers. In this picture the border of a long, deep ileal ulcer is shown (asterisk), with elevated, hyperemic borders (arrow).
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Small bowel capsule endoscopy showed multiple deep ulcers, some of them >2 cm long, and a hyperemic and congestive surrounding mucosa (fig. 1).
Ileoscopy image. The presence of an ileal pouch allowed deep ileoscopy using a colonoscope, and multiple biopsies were taken from ileal ulcers (arrow) and the surrounding mucosa for histological analysis. This image shows an 8-mm-long, clean-based ileal ulcer.
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Ileoscopy up to 60 cm from the anal verge was performed and multiple biopsies were taken from the ulcerated surface (fig. 2).