Initial experience of videocapsule endoscopy for diagnosing small-bowel tumors in patients with GI polyposis syndromes

Videocapsule endoscopy has a high yield in detecting small-bowel tumors in patients with GI polyposis syndromes. It may be especially indicated in familial adenomatous polyposis patients with the aggressive phenotype of the disease, e.g., mutations in exon 15.