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From: Severe ileum bleeding following adjuvant capecitabine chemotherapy for locally advanced colon cancer: a case report and review of the literature

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A Colonoscopy shows large amount of bloody fluid at the end of the ileum; active bleeding points are difficult to be observed. B Computed tomography scan. Axial view showing submucosal edema involving the terminal ileum, with surrounding fat stranding, consistent with ileitis. Mucosal enhancement was preserved. C Surgery specimen revealing diffuse inflammatory changes with cobble-like signs and scattered superficial ulcerations on the surface of the terminal ileum. D Pathological examination shows diffuse ulceration and erosions in the mucosa with moderate eosinophilic and neutrophil infiltrates

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