title: [The role of capsule endoscopy in diagnosis of duodenal ulcer in patients with asthenia].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  One of the mayor lesion type in the small bowel (SB) is excavated (aphthae, erosion, ulcer) (EL). AIM OFSTUDY: To evaluate a possible correlation between EL in the SB, which were established using capsule endoscopy (CE).
  
  
  METHODS
  All our CE cases for the last 5 years were consecutively analyzed. Using the MST 3.0 classification, aphthae and erosions were consolidated into one group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  174 patients were enrolled in the study. Out of these, 100 (73%) had complaints on weakness. EL in the SB were found in 137 (78.7%) patients. Statistically significant interconnection was found between patients complaints on weakness and presence of EL in the SB (X = 4.882, p = 0.027).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Presence of EL in the SB is interconnected with patients' complaints on weakness.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Derov
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Derova
authors.forename: Iu Ia
authors.initials: IuIa
authors.lastname: Pokrotnieks
mesh_terms: D001247:Asthenia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D053704:Capsule Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male