Diagnosis of small bowel inflammation using small bowel capsule endoscopy combined with abdominal CT scan.
Backgrounds of patients with inflammatory mucosa included high CRP, use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, chronic renal failure, and cancer. If a patient with a thickened small intestinal wall (> 4.15 mm) on CT has these characteristics, it may be worth considering performing SBCE.
Authors
- Dai Ishikawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1130-2210)
- Rina Odakura
- Kei Nomura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2593-1472)
- Osamu Nomura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1296-1768)
- Akihito Nagahara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5979-4384)
- Kentaro Ito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9221-5188)
- Takafumi Maruyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6680-6046)
- Tomoyoshi Shibuya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3558-7123)
- Masashi Omori
- Masao Kouma
- Hirotaka Ishino
Institutions
- Juntendo University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Endoscopy International Open
- Published
- 2025-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2560-4839
- Primary Topic
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00