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Table 2 Results of DBE and histological examination

From: Diagnostic efficacy of double-balloon enteroscopy in patients with suspected isolated small bowel Crohn’s disease

No.

Insertion route

Insertion depth (cm)

DBE

Biopsy

Clinical diagnosis

1

Anal

70

Mucosal edema, congestion and erosion, multiple polypoid hyperplasia

Focal chronic inflammation, crypt regularity

Ileum inflammation

2

Oral

330

Multiple longitudinal ulcers in jejunum and ileum, cobblestone-like appearance

Focal chronic inflammation, lymphoid hyperplasia

CD (A1, L4, B2)

2^

Anal

40

Without pathological findings

No data

CD (A1, L4, B2)

3

Oral

300

Intestinal stenosis, segmental ulcers in the junction of jejunum and ileum

Focal inflammation, ulcerative lesions

CD (A3, L4, B2)

4

Anal

40

Multiple aphthous ulcers and longitudinal ulcers

Focal chronic inflammation, crypt irregularity and lymphoid hyperplasia

CD (A2, L1, B1)

5

Oral

160

Without pathological findings

No data

CD (A3, L4, B1)

6

Oral

350

Multiple aphthous ulcers in jejunum

Ulcerative lesions, mild dysplasia

Small bowel ulcers

7

Oral

20

Intestinal stenosis, longitudinal ulcers

Focal high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia

Duodenal carcinoma

8

Anal

30

Multiple longitudinal ulcers in ileum

Granulomas, acute inflammation and focal crypt irregularity

CD (A2, L1 + L4, B1p)

9

Anal

75

Intestinal stenosis, longitudinal ulcers in ileum

Focal chronic inflammation, lymphoid hyperplasia

CD (A2, L4, B2)

10

Oral

240

Without pathological findings

No data

CD (A3, L1 + L4, B1)

11

Oral

240

Mucosal congestion and erosion

No data

Small bowel inflammation

12

Anal

30

Aphthous ulcers, mucosal congestion

Focal acute and chronic inflammation, lymphoid hyperplasia

CD (A3, L4, B1)

13

Anal

85

Segmental lesions of longitudinal ulcers in ileum, cobblestone-like appearance

Focal chronic inflammation, focal crypt irregularity

CD (A2, L1 + L4, B1p)

14

Anal

90

Multiple ulcers and ulcer scars in ileum, polypoid hyperplasia

Focal acute and chronic inflammation

CD (A3, L4, B1)

15

Anal

140

Segmental lesions of longitudinal ulcers in ileum

Adenomatous hyperplasia with lymphoid hyperplasia

CD (A2, L4, B2)

16

Anal

140

Aphthous ulcers

No data

CD (A2, L4, B2p)

16^

Oral

270

Intestinal stenosis, longitudinal ulcers in jejunum

Ulcer with mild atypical hyperplasia, focal acute and chronic inflammation

CD (A2, L4, B2p)

17

Oral

190

Intestinal stenosis, multiple longitudinal ulcers in jejunum

Focal acute and chronic inflammation, focal crypt irregularity

CD (A3, L4, B2)

18

Anal

110

Without pathological findings

No data

CD (A2, L4, B2)

18^

Oral

250

Intestinal stenosis, segmental ulcers

Focal inflammation, crypt irregularity and transmural lymphoid hyperplasia,

CD (A2, L4, B2)

  1. CD Crohn’s disease, DBE Double balloon enteroscopy, 2^, 16^, 18^: Contrary to the first direction