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Crohn's disease and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs intake are frequent causes of inflammatory small bowel lesions. Unusual findings include ulcerative jejunoileitis, infections, radiation enteritis, and others. Endoscopic findings comprise ulcers, villous atrophy, lymphangiectasia, and erythema. This article is part of an expert video encyclopedia.

In this article, the video demonstrated is an example of a 76-year-old male patient who presented with recurrent intestinal bleeding of unknown origin at the university hospital. Previously performed upper and lower gastrointestinal tract endoscopy did not reveal a bleeding lesion. Capsule endoscopy revealed small-bowel angiectasia that were treated by argon plasma coagulation at subsequent balloon enteroscopy. This article is part of an expert video encyclopedia.