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World J Clin Cases. Dec 16, 2017; 5(12): 432-436
Published online Dec 16, 2017. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v5.i12.432
Published online Dec 16, 2017. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v5.i12.432
Taeniasis: A possible cause of ileal bleeding
Alessia Settesoldi, Alessandro Tozzi, Ottaviano Tarantino, Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli 50053, Italy
Alessia Settesoldi, Department of Gastroenterology Clinical, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze 50134, Italy
Author contributions: Settesoldi A collected and analyzed the patient’s clinical data, wrote and reviewed the manuscript; Tozzi A designed the report and reviewed the manuscript; Tarantino O designed the report and reviewed the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The case report was reviewed and approved by the San Giuseppe Hospital Institutional review board.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of his information.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interest.
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Correspondence to: Alessia Settesoldi, MD, Department of Gastroenterologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Largo Brambilla, 3, Firenze 50134, Italy. a.settesoldi@hotmail.it
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Received: June 29, 2017
Peer-review started: June 30, 2017
First decision: August 10, 2017
Revised: August 25, 2017
Accepted: September 13, 2017
Article in press: September 13, 2017
Published online: December 16, 2017
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Peer-review started: June 30, 2017
First decision: August 10, 2017
Revised: August 25, 2017
Accepted: September 13, 2017
Article in press: September 13, 2017
Published online: December 16, 2017
Processing time: 162 Days and 0.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: The novel contribution of our paper is to draw attention to taeniasis as a possible cause of gastrointestinal bleeding, since anemia is so far not recognized as a possible sign of taeniasis nor is taeniasis-induced hemorrhage described in medical text books. With this report we describe a case of ileal bleeding most probably caused by this kind of infestation. Our objective is to make clinicians aware of this rare but possible situation. Taeniasis should be therefore taken into account in the differential diagnosis of melena and/or hematochezia.