In capsule endoscopy (CE) performed on patients with con- firmed Crohn’s disease, the video capsule is retained in up to 13% of cases, 1 motivating the development of a patency capsule (PC) (Given Imaging, Yokneam, Israel). The PC is a biodegradable capsule, with a diameter similar to that of the PillCam SB3 video capsule, that begins to degrade 30 h after its ingestion, enabling it to pass through a stricture that has caused its retention. 2 Symptomatic PC retention is a rare complication, with few descriptions in the litera- ture. It is characterized by transitory obstructive symptoms in the majority of cases. 3 A multicenter study including 1615 patients that underwent a PC test reported symptomatic retention in 20 patients 1.2%), only one of which required surgery. The rest of the cases resolved spontaneously or after corticosteroid therapy. 4 The case of a patient with intestinal obstruction secondary to PC ingestion is presented herein.
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