Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients who underwent double-balloon enteroscopy for Meckel’s diverticulum

Case	Age/Sex	Symptom		Abdominal CT	Tc-99m	CE	Double-balloon enteroscopy		Ulcer	Treatment	Ectopic tissue
			Small		pertechnetate		Anterograde	Retrograde
			bowel series		scintigraphy
1	26/M	GI bleeding	(4) Detected	(1) Not detected	(2) Detected	N/A	N/A	(3) Detected	(+)	Operation	Gastric tissue
2	21/F	GI bleeding	(3) Not detected	(1) Not detected	(2) Not detected	N/A	N/A	(4) Detected	(+)	Operation	None
3	14/M	Abd pain, vomiting	(2) Not detected	(1) Not detected	N/A	N/A	N/A	(3) Detected	(-)	Unknown	Unknown
4	58/F	GI bleeding, abd pain	N/A	(1) Polypoid lesion	N/A	N/A	N/A	(2) Detected	(+)	Endoscopic resection	Pancreatic tissue
5	40/M	Abd pain	(3) Detected	(1) Large cystic mass	(2) Not detected	N/A	N/A	(4) Detected	(+)	Operation	Gastric tissue
6	59/M	GI bleeding	N/A	(1) Extravasation	N/A	N/A	N/A	(2) Detected (twice)	(+)	Operation	Gastric tissue
7	29/M	GI bleeding	N/A	(1) Detected	N/A	(2) Not detected	(3) Not detected*	N/A	(+)	Operation	Gastric tissue
8	34/M	GI bleeding	(6) Not detected	(1) Not detected	(4) Not detected	(2) Detected	(3) Not detected	(5) Detected	(+)	Operation	None
9	16/M	GI bleeding, abd pain	(2) Detected	(1) Intussusception	(4) Not detected	N/A	N/A	(3) Detected	(-)	Operation	Gastric tissue
10	83/M	GI bleeding	N/A	(1) Detected	(2) Not detected	N/A	N/A	(3) Detected	(+)	Operation	Pancreatic tissue

Tc-99m, technetium-99m; CE, capsule endoscopy; N/A, not applicable; M, male; F, female; Abd, abdominal.

*Meckel’s diverticulum was identified using iodinated contrast medium through the scope.

The number in parentheses indicated the order of examination modality in inidividual case.