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Bamboo Joint-like Appearance of Stomach in Korean Patients with Crohn's Disease / 대한소화기학회지
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology ; : 395-400, 2006.
Artigo em Coreano | WPRIM | ID: wpr-227975
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/

AIMS:

Bamboo joint-like (BJL) appearance is an endoscopic finding characterized by swollen longitudinal folds transversed by erosive fissures or linear furrows on the lesser curvature side of gastric body and cardia. It has been reported to be associated with Crohn's disease (CD). This study was aimed to evaluate the incidence of BJL appearance in Korean patients with CD.

METHODS:

From January to December in 2005, we performed esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) in patients diagnosed as CD and ulcerative colitis (UC) in our hospital. Non-inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) subjects with upper gastrointestinal symptoms who underwent EGD were consecutively enrolled during the same period. One endoscopist performed all the endoscopic examinations to avoid inter-observer variation. A dye-spraying technique with 0.4% indigocarmine was used to allow the detection of subtle changes during the endoscopic examination.

RESULTS:

A total of 21 patients with CD (mean age+/-SD, 40+/-15 yr; M/F, 13/8), 28 patients with UC (42+/-15 yr; 21/7), and 685 non-IBD subjects (49+/-14 yr; 354/331) were enrolled. EGD findings in CD patients were gastric erosions (11/21), chronic superficial gastritis (5/21), chronic atrophic gastritis (1/21), duodenal erosions or ulcers (2/21), and normal (2/21). Incidence of BJL appearance was significantly higher in patients with CD (47.6%, 10/21) than others (UC, 3.6%, 1/28; non-IBD, 0.1%, 1/685) (p<0.0001). Among patients with CD, incidence of BJL appearance was not significantly different according to the sex, status of H. pylori infection, Vienna classification for phenotype, medications or EGD findings.

CONCLUSIONS:

BJL appearance on the gastric body and cardia can be a diagnostic clue to CD.
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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Estômago / Doença de Crohn / Endoscopia do Sistema Digestório Limite: Adulto / Feminino / Humanos / Masculino Idioma: Coreano Revista: The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology Ano de publicação: 2006 Tipo de documento: Artigo

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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Estômago / Doença de Crohn / Endoscopia do Sistema Digestório Limite: Adulto / Feminino / Humanos / Masculino Idioma: Coreano Revista: The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology Ano de publicação: 2006 Tipo de documento: Artigo