title: [Carcinoma of the small intestine diagnosed by double balloon endoscopy].
abstract: There are no specific symptoms of patients with carcinoma of the small intestine. Therefore, it is difficult to diagnose in the early stage by imaging modalities such as radiological enteroclysis, computed tomography, and classical endoscopy. However, double balloon endoscopy makes it possible to diagnose the carcinoma of the entire small bowel by taking tissue samples for pathological assessment. The characteristic of endoscopic findings is irregular ulcerated tumor with malignant stricture. It is still difficult to find carcinoma of small intestine in patients without symptoms and most cases are advanced when diagnosis is achieved. We should try to diagnose in early stage by combining images modalities, capsule endoscopy and double balloon endoscopy safely and efficiently, resulting in improving the patients' prognosis.
authors: Division of Gastroenterology, Nippon Medical School Hospital.
authors: Akihito
authors: A
authors: Ehara
authors: Shu
authors: S
authors: Tanaka
authors: Yusuke
authors: Y
authors: Kasuga
authors: Yukie
authors: Y
authors: Tamaki
authors: Youko
authors: Y
authors: Takahashi
authors: Tsuyoshi
authors: T
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Tsuguhiko
authors: T
authors: Seo
authors: Keigo
authors: K
authors: Mitsui
authors: Masaoki
authors: M
authors: Yonezawa
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Tatsuguchi
authors: Shunji
authors: S
authors: Fujimori
authors: Choitsu
authors: C
authors: Sakamoto
mesh_terms: D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging