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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients who underwent double-balloon enteroscopy for Meckel’s diverticulum

From: A case series of Meckel’s diverticulum: usefulness of double-balloon enteroscopy for diagnosis

Case

Age/Sex

Symptom

 

Abdominal CT

Tc-99m

CE

Double-balloon enteroscopy

Ulcer

Treatment

Ectopic tissue

Small

pertechnetate

Anterograde

Retrograde

bowel series

scintigraphy

1

26/M

GI bleeding

(4) Detected

(1) Not detected

(2) Detected

N/A

N/A

(3) Detected

(+)

Operation

Gastric tissue

2

21/F

GI bleeding

(3) Not detected

(1) Not detected

(2) Not detected

N/A

N/A

(4) Detected

(+)

Operation

None

3

14/M

Abd pain, vomiting

(2) Not detected

(1) Not detected

N/A

N/A

N/A

(3) Detected

(-)

Unknown

Unknown

4

58/F

GI bleeding, abd pain

N/A

(1) Polypoid lesion

N/A

N/A

N/A

(2) Detected

(+)

Endoscopic resection

Pancreatic tissue

5

40/M

Abd pain

(3) Detected

(1) Large cystic mass

(2) Not detected

N/A

N/A

(4) Detected

(+)

Operation

Gastric tissue

6

59/M

GI bleeding

N/A

(1) Extravasation

N/A

N/A

N/A

(2) Detected (twice)

(+)

Operation

Gastric tissue

7

29/M

GI bleeding

N/A

(1) Detected

N/A

(2) Not detected

(3) Not detected*

N/A

(+)

Operation

Gastric tissue

8

34/M

GI bleeding

(6) Not detected

(1) Not detected

(4) Not detected

(2) Detected

(3) Not detected

(5) Detected

(+)

Operation

None

9

16/M

GI bleeding, abd pain

(2) Detected

(1) Intussusception

(4) Not detected

N/A

N/A

(3) Detected

(-)

Operation

Gastric tissue

10

83/M

GI bleeding

N/A

(1) Detected

(2) Not detected

N/A

N/A

(3) Detected

(+)

Operation

Pancreatic tissue

  1. Tc-99m, technetium-99m; CE, capsule endoscopy; N/A, not applicable; M, male; F, female; Abd, abdominal.
  2. *Meckel’s diverticulum was identified using iodinated contrast medium through the scope.
  3. The number in parentheses indicated the order of examination modality in inidividual case.