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Title: | Small-bowel capsule endoscopy in patients with suspected Crohn's disease-diagnostic value and complications | Authors: | Figueiredo, Pedro Almeida, Nuno Lopes, Sandra Duque, Gabriela Freire, Paulo Lérias, Clotilde Gouveia, Hermano Sofia, Carlos |
Issue Date: | 2010 | Publisher: | Hindawi | Serial title, monograph or event: | Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy | Volume: | 2010 | Abstract: | The aim of this work was to assess the value of capsule enteroscopy in the diagnosis of patients with suspected Crohn's Disease (CD). Methods. This was a retrospective study in a single tertiary care centre involving patients undergoing capsule enteroscopy for suspected CD. Patients taking nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs during the thirty preceding days or with a follow-up period of less than six months were excluded. Results. Seventy eight patients were included. The endoscopic findings included mucosal breaks in 50%, ulcerated stenosis in 5%, and villous atrophy in 4%. The diagnosis of CD was established in 31 patients. The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of the endoscopic findings were 93%, 80%, 77%, and 94%, respectively. Capsule retention occurred in four patients (5%). The presence of ulcerated stenosis was significantly more frequent in patients with positive inflammatory markers. The diagnostic yield of capsule enteroscopy in patients with negative ileoscopy was 56%, with a diagnostic acuity of 93%. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/110181 | ISSN: | 1070-3608 1029-0516 |
DOI: | 10.1155/2010/101284 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FMUC Medicina - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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