TY - JOUR
T1 - Strictures from Crohn's Disease Diagnosed by Video Capsule Endoscopy
AU - Kastin, Darren A.
AU - Buchman, Alan L.
AU - Barrett, Terry
AU - Halverson, Amy
AU - Wallin, Anita
PY - 2004/4
Y1 - 2004/4
N2 - Video capsule endoscopy is a new diagnostic modality that allows imaging of the entire small intestine. We report on a patient with a presumed but undocumented case of Crohn's disease who was found to have 9 ileal strictures by video capsule endoscopy. These strictures were undetected by small intestinal contrast studies and required surgical intervention. This case report suggests that small bowel radiographic studies may not be as sensitive for the detection of clinically significant luminal lesions as once thought.
AB - Video capsule endoscopy is a new diagnostic modality that allows imaging of the entire small intestine. We report on a patient with a presumed but undocumented case of Crohn's disease who was found to have 9 ileal strictures by video capsule endoscopy. These strictures were undetected by small intestinal contrast studies and required surgical intervention. This case report suggests that small bowel radiographic studies may not be as sensitive for the detection of clinically significant luminal lesions as once thought.
KW - Crohn's disese
KW - Intestinal stricture
KW - Video capsule endoscopy
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U2 - 10.1097/00004836-200404000-00009
DO - 10.1097/00004836-200404000-00009
M3 - Article
C2 - 15087694
AN - SCOPUS:1642267095
SN - 0192-0790
VL - 38
SP - 346
EP - 349
JO - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
JF - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
IS - 4
ER -