| Theme | Endoscopic balloon dilation for small bowel stricture in Crohn's disease | |
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| Title | Endoscopic balloon dilation for small bowel strictures -- Diagnostic pitfalls for malignancy | |
| Publish Date | 2020/08 | |
| Author | Shuhei Hosomi | Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine |
| Author | Yu Nishida | Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine |
| Author | Shigehiro Itani | Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine |
| Author | Noriko Kamata | Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine |
| Author | Yasuhiro Fujiwara | Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine |
| [ Summary ] | Patients with Crohn's disease (CD) have an increased risk of small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA) and the known risk factors for developing SBA include long duration of CD, ileal/ileocolonic type CD, presence of strictures in CD, and presence of penetrating CD. Although balloon-assisted enteroscopy could detect SBA with biopsy, no effective endoscopic diagnostic strategy has been established yet. Thus, understanding the epidemiology and features of CD-related SBA would be important to diagnose malignancy in a timely manner. | |