Use of intraoperative endoscopy to localize bleeding in the small intestine.

Introduction: Bleeding within the small intestine is difficult to diagnose and localize because it typically occurs at a slow rate. These patients may undergo multiple transfusions and repeated endoscopy, contrast studies, bleeding scans, and angiography before the bleeding source is identified.

Case Report: We report a case of 64-year-old woman, where both endoscopic and angiographic techniques were used to localize protracted bleeding.