Diagnosis of small bowel Crohn's disease: a prospective comparison of capsule endoscopy with magnetic resonance imaging and fluoroscopic enteroclysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

The diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy (CE) compared with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in small bowel Crohn's disease is not well established. We prospectively investigated CE, MRI, and double contrast fluoroscopy in patients with suspected small bowel Crohn's disease.

Methods

Fifty two consecutive patients (39 females, 13 males) were investigated by MRI, fluoroscopy and--if bowel obstruction could be excluded--by CE. In 25, Crohn's disease was newly suspected while the diagnosis of Crohn's disease (non-small bowel) had been previously established in 27.

Results

Small bowel Crohn's disease was diagnosed in 41 of 52 patients (79%). CE was not accomplished in 14 patients due to bowel strictures. Of the remaining 27 patients, CE, MRI, and fluor

SUBMITTER: Albert JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1774782 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature