title: Utility of capsule endoscopy for the classification of Crohn's disease: a multicenter study in Korea.
abstract: Capsule endoscopy can detect lesions associated with Crohn's disease in the small bowel that go unrecognized by conventional radiologic imaging. The aim of this study was to assess the value of capsule endoscopy in the classification of patients with Crohn's disease. This study was carried out on 52 patients with known Crohn's disease. Small bowel follow-through findings were compared with capsule endoscopic findings. All patients were classified according to the extent of the disease: small bowel-colon type, small bowel type, or colon type. Seventeen patients who were reported as being normal showed evidence of small bowel Crohn's disease according to capsule endoscopy. Differences were observed between the small bowel follow-through and the capsule endoscopy classification (kappa=0.54). Treatment was changed based on the results of wireless capsule endoscopy in 15 patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Anyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Cheol Hee
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jin Oh
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myung-Gyu
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Kyung Jo
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young-Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yong Sik
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae Il
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Hyuk
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Do
authors.forename: Ji Kon
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Jeong Seop
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Soo-Heon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ki-Nam
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Kee Myung
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: In Seok
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hoon Jai
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Chun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D053704:Capsule Endoscopy; D002648:Child; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies