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The Bowel Cancer Screening Programme: an unusual cause of positive faecal occult bloods
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- NHS BCSP
- National Health Service Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
- FOB
- Faecal occult blood
- CT
- computerised tomography
- TAPP
- transabdominal pre-peritoneal
- PTFE
- polytetrafluoroethylene
Clinical presentation
The patient, an asymptomatic 63-year-old gentleman, was invited for colonoscopy through the National Health Service Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (NHS BCSP) after testing positive for faecal occult blood in his stool specimens. Rectal examination was unremarkable; however, colonoscopic examination was limited by an apparent obstruction …
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