Table 1.

 Summary of the findings in our patients

Patient No: age (y)/sex	Debut age/CIIP diagn age (y)	Main symptoms	Clinical diagnosis	Endoscopic pathology	Histopathology	Antroduodenal manometry
1 23/F	16/22	Pain, bloody diarrhoea	Crohn’s disease, CIIP	Small and large bowel	Degenerative neuropathy. Suspected Crohn’s disease
2 26/F	15/25	Pain, vomiting	Proctitis, CIIP	Rectum	Degenerative neuropathy	Abnormal
3 35/F	Teenage/29	Constipation, dyspepsia	Crohn’s disease, CIIP	Small and large bowel	Ganglionitis
4 44/F	35/39	Constipation, pain	Suspected Crohn’s disease, CIIP	Small bowel	Normal	Abnormal
5 55/M	39/41	GORD, later pain and diarrhoea	Suspected Crohn’s disease, CIIP	Normal	Suspected Crohn’s disease	Abnormal
6 67/M	61/64	Pain, weight loss	Crohn’s disease, CIIP	Large bowel	Ganglionitis. Crohn’s disease

CIIP, Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction; GORD, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.