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02.03.2017 | Correspondence
Diagnostic Value of Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy in Isolated Ileitis: A Methodological Mistake
verfasst von:
Siamak Sabour
Erschienen in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Ausgabe 4/2017
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I was interested to read the paper by Lee and colleagues published in the January 2017 edition of
Digestive Diseases and Sciences [
1]. The purpose of the authors was to evaluate the diagnostic value of small bowel capsule endoscopy (CE) for isolated ileitis observed during ileocolonoscopy [
1]. Among 137 patients with isolated ileitis observed on ileocolonoscopy at one of eight tertiary referral centers, 117 (85.4 %) revealed positive small bowel CE findings. The rate of positive small bowel CE findings was 92.9 % in cases of ileal aphthous ulcer or erosion and 90.9 % in cases of ileal ulcer [
1]. …