[Diagnosis of small bowel carcinoma by capsule endoscopy].
Now in Japan, the use of capsule endoscopy for small bowel is approved only for the diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Since the small bowel is anatomically difficult to approach, and small bowel carcinomas are often asymptomatic at early stages, they were usually diagnosed only after symptoms such as intestinal stenosis have developed. The advent of capsule endoscopy, however, enabled us to diagnose small bowel carcinoma at an early stage. However, we must be careful of the risk of capsule retention. The combination of capsule endoscopy, double balloon endoscopy, and traditional examination modalities including radiography or computed tomography will make it possible to diagnose and treat small bowel carcinoma at an early stage, and further progress is expected in this field.
Tsuji
Yosuke
Y
Dept. of Gastroenterology, NTT Medical Center.
Ohata
Ken
K
Umezawa
Shotaro
S
Takeuchi
Suguru
S
Sekiguchi
Masau
M
Ohno
Akiko
A
Ito
Takafumi
T
Chiba
Hideyuki
H
Yamawaki
Makoto
M
Hisatomi
Kantaro
K
Teratani
Takuma
T
Matsuhashi
Nobuyuki
N
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D053704:Capsule Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged