Long-term follow-up of nonspecific small bowel ulcers with a benign course and no requirement for surgery: is this a distinct group?

Table 3 Endoscopic follow-ups of patients with nonspecific small-bowel ulcers

	No. ileoscopies	Second endoscopy	Third endoscopy	Last endoscopy	No. biopsies	Gastroscopy	Concomitant finding in the colon
Case 1	4	Persistent	Persistent	Persistent	4	Normal	Small single polyp
Case 2	5	Persistent	Persistent	Healing	3	Submucosal leiomyoma of the esophagus was resected endoscopically after the ileal ulcer had healed	Small single polyp
Case 3	2	Persistent	*	*	2	Erosion in the stomach	N/A
Case 4	4	Persistent	Persistent	Persistent	3	Normal	N/A
Case 5	4	Healing	Continued to be normal	Continued to be normal	1	Normal	N/A
Case 6	6	Healing	Recurrent^§	Healing	2	Normal	N/A
Case 7	4	#	Persistent	#	2	Erosion in the stomach	Small multiple polyps

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