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The Old Endoscopy Quiz (and Answer) of the Month
July 2008

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Question:

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The summer of this year is here again - at least on our half of the globe. During the summer - in June, July and August - the Quiz will be quite easy for two reasons. First, a quick answers save You time to be out in the sun. Second, You do not have to be an expert in endoscopy to manage in this quiz during the summer. So - if You are a health care professional just thinking of starting a career in endoscopy, please have a try - You might find it interesting!

This old lady underwent two simultaneous endoscopic examinations as part of the investigation of iron deficiency anaemia. A colonoscopy had been done earlier. These images from the upper endoscopy show the duodenal bulb. This is surely quite an easy question - too easy perhaps - but it is summertime now! What do these images show?

Correct answer:

    A wireless endoscopy capsule in the duodenal bulb (Olympus Endocapsule)
    The capsule stayed in the duodenal bulb for over two hours, so an upper endscopy was made and the capsule was pushed further down into the small bowel. There was no stenosis or other reason why the capsule didnt spontaneously advance into the small bowel.

    Givens PillCam-endoscopy-capsule looks very much the same.

Correct answers and comments were emailed by

    Cevale Karslioglu Sgouros, İstanbul, Türkiye
    C Grimley, Burnley, UK
    ARBER Veliu, Prishtina, Kosovo
    i cuartas, Augusta
    Pham, Khanh Do-Cong, Stord, Norway
    VANDERLEI LIMA, Sao Sebastiao do Paraiso
    Bdyut Guha, Dhanbad, India
    fredstam, Haarlem, The Netherlands
    Dr.Mahdi Aljaroudi, Qatif, SAUDI ARABIA
    Dr.Ali Mothanna Al-Zubaidi, Aden/ Dalla, Yemen
    Cheryl Lynch, Erie, USA/PA
    AYYAKANNU KUMAR, BRENTWOOD, United Kingdom
    Cristina, Bura, ROMANIA
    christina ecclissato, Campinas, brazil
    RASSIAT, Dijon, FRANCE
    markopoulos konstantinos, Pavia, Italy
    KHONDKER ISLAM,MD, Chicago, USA
    BURHAN TAM, Esenyurt-İSTANBUL, TÜRKİYE
    Claudia Iacobescu, Bucharest, Romania
    Virendra Parikh, MD, Fort Wayne, USA, Indiana

    Funicular Railway of Penang Hill in Malaysia, from Viaduct Station. ©
    jernih majalu, Penang, Malaysia
    Samyra Lacerda David
    kaup: Montes Claros, Brasil -MG
    Çetin KARACA, İstanbul, TURKEY
    william price, saint petersburg beach, fl. USA
    Balas Maria, Chambery, France
    christie, Penang, Malaysia
    mario galluzzi, Lecco, Italy
    Sazanidis Vassileios, Athens, Greece
    Srinivas, Mumbai, India
    MEHMET POLAT, ANKARA, TURKEY
    Fernando Peres, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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