Theme |
Endoscopic balloon dilation for small bowel stricture in Crohn's disease |
Title |
Endoscopic balloon dilation for small bowel strictures -- Diagnostic pitfalls for malignancy |
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. |