Spontaneous disintegration of a retained video capsule in a patient with cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous stenosing enteritis: a rare complication.

The article describes the case of video capsule retention in a 36-year-old woman with cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous stenosing enteritis. Topics discussed include the asymptomatic capsule retention in the ileum, the mechanism of capsule disintegration, and observations from histological examination which revealed superficial erosions and reparative changes with granulation tissue in the mucosa and submucosa.