Fecal occult blood (FOB) refers to blood in the feces that is not visibly apparent (unlike other types of blood in stool such as melena or hematochezia)...

guaiac test or guaiac fecal occult blood test (gFOBT) is one of several methods that detects the presence of fecal occult blood (blood invisible in the feces)...

section of the tract. The term "blood in stool" is usually only used to describe visible blood, and not fecal occult blood, which is found only after physical...

for irritable bowel syndrome) based on Bristol stool scale Fecal occult blood test and fecal immunochemical test are the most common stool tests to diagnose...

Occult blood may refer to: Fecal occult blood, blood present in the feces that is not visibly apparent Hematuria, the presence of red blood cells in the...

DRE is commonly used as a way to obtain a stool sample for a FOBT (fecal occult blood test) in an office based setting, this is an insufficient way of screening...

rectal symptoms, or a pelvic mass. It can also provide a sample for fecal occult blood testing. Usage as a screening test in asymptomatic women The rectovaginal...

disease among others. Small amounts of bleeding may be detected by fecal occult blood test. Endoscopy of the lower and upper gastrointestinal tract may...

tomographic (CT) colonography (virtual colonoscopy), guaiac-based fecal occult blood test (gFOBT), fecal immunochemical test (FIT), and multitarget stool DNA screening...

no apparent cause. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding Blood in stool Hematochezia Fecal occult blood Melena Vernava AM, Moore BA, Longo WE, Johnson FE (1997)...