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A 28-year-old male asked:
What is the difference between endoscopy and colonoscopy?
3 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Birendra Tandananswered
Urology 36 years experience
Endoscopy means looking inside the gastro-intestinal system with a light and camera. It has come to mean the stomach and upper intestines in common usage Colonoscopy is more specific in that it specifies which area- the colon
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Answered Oct 27, 2021
Dr. Silviu Pasniciucanswered
Internal Medicine 29 years experience
Endoscopy usually refers to the upper gastrointestinal tract, usually to the duodenum entrance, while colonoscopy is meant to investigate large bowel pathology.
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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Endoscopy is a generic term for examination of internal organs through a tube with a camera. Colonoscopy is endoscopy of colon.
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Answered Oct 27, 2021
Last updated Oct 27, 2021
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