Utility of Double Balloon Enteroscopy for the Diagnosis and Management of Crohn's Disease

G. Anton Decker; Shabana F. Pasha; Jonathan A. Leighton

doi:10.1016/j.tgie.2007.12.002

Utility of Double Balloon Enteroscopy for the Diagnosis and Management of Crohn's Disease

G. Anton Decker, Shabana F. Pasha, Jonathan A. Leighton

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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Abstract

Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease with an unpredictable clinical course and a high incidence of disease recurrence. It can involve any portion of the gastrointestinal tract, but most commonly is found in the distal small bowel and proximal colon. In 30% of patients, the disease is localized only to the small bowel in which case it may be difficult to diagnose. Double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) now enables direct visualization of most, if not the entire small bowel mucosa, and may facilitate the diagnosis of CD. It also allows for biopsies, which can help differentiate CD from other disorders of the small bowel and may be useful in the dilation of strictures. In this chapter, we discuss the use of DBE for the diagnosis and management of CD.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	83-86
Number of pages	4
Journal	Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tgie.2007.12.002
State	Published - Apr 2008

Keywords

Crohn's disease
double balloon enteroscopy
small bowel

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Gastroenterology

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