Utility of capsule endoscopy for the classification of Crohn's disease: a multicenter study in Korea.
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.
Park
Cheol Hee
CH
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Anyang, Korea.
Kim
Jin Oh
JO
Choi
Myung-Gyu
MG
Kim
Kyung Jo
KJ
Kim
Young-Ho
YH
Kim
Yong Sik
YS
Kim
Tae Il
TI
Do
Jae Hyuk
JH
Ryu
Ji Kon
JK
Moon
Jeong Seop
JS
Park
Soo-Heon
SH
Shim
Ki-Nam
KN
Lee
Kee Myung
KM
Lee
In Seok
IS
Chun
Hoon Jai
HJ
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