Differentiation of Isolated Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease from Other Small Bowel Ulcerative Diseases: Clinical Features and Double-Balloon Enteroscopy Characteristics

Autor: Meng Niu, Zheng-Hao Chen, Meng Li, Xing Zhang, Chun-Xiao Chen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Gastroenterology Research and Practice, Vol 2022 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1687-630X
DOI: 10.1155/2022/5374780
Popis: Background. The diagnosis of isolated small bowel Crohn’s disease (ISBCD) has always been challenging. Aims. This study is aimed at comparing the clinical features and double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) characteristics of ISBCD with those of other small bowel ulcerative diseases (OSBUD). Methods. Patients with coexisting colonic and/or ileal valve lesions (n=45) or whose final diagnosis was not determined (n=29) were excluded. One hundred thirty-nine patients with ISBCD and 62 patients with OSBUD found by DBE were retrospectively analyzed. Results. The age of ISBCD onset was lower than that of OSBUD (OR 0.957, 95% CI 0.938-0.977, p
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