Clinical characteristics of small bowel tumors diagnosed by double-balloon endoscopy: Experience from a Chinese tertiary hospital

Autor: Shidan Cheng, Liwen Hong, Tianyu Zhang, Peijun Sun, Juntao Sun, Chen Zhang, Jie Zhou, Rong Fan, Lei Wang, Jie Zhong, Zhengting Wang
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology. 31:30-35
ISSN: 2148-5607
1300-4948
Popis: BACKGROUND/AIMS: To determine the characteristics of small bowel tumors (SBTs) in patients underwent double balloon endoscopy (DBE) and to compare the clinical value of DBE with other diagnostic tools. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted in patients underwent DBE procedures from March 2008 to April 2017. The demographic, clinical and pathological characteristics of patients with SBTs were recorded, while the diagnosis of SBTs was achieved either by DBE biopsy or surgical specimens. RESULTS: One thousand one hundred and two patients (761 males, range 3–85 years) were enrolled in this study, with 1140 procedures completed in total. 99/1102 patients (9.0%) had SBTs, including benign polyps (20, 20.2%), gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) (24, 24.2%), lymphomas (13, 13.1%), adenocarcinoma (39, 39.4%), and neuroendocrine tumors (3, 3.0%). The most common clinical symptom for benign polyps was obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) (75.0%). But among patients with malignant SBTs, the main indication for DBE was chronic abdominal pain (43.8%), followed by OGIB (36.3%), vomit (10.0%), abnormal images (6.3%) and diarrhea (3.8%) (P
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