title: [Clinical analysis of 224 cases of small intestine disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To increase the knowledge of small intestine disease, improve the diagnostic rate and discusses the examination methods.
  
  
  METHODS
  224 cases of small intestine disease were studied and their major symptoms, etiology, diagnostic methods were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The major symptoms of small intestine disease were abdominal pain (58%), abdominal mass (18%), fever (17%) and hematochezia (12%). The most common disease of small intestine was malignant tumor (32%), others were diverticulum (29%), leiomyomas (7%), hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis (6%), Crohn's disease (4%). Double-contrast enteroclysis and laparotomy were still the major diagnostic methods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Malignant tumor was the most common disease of small intestine. More attention should be paid to the diagnosis of small intestine disease.
authors.affiliation: Gastrointestinal Division of Internal Medicine, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged