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. 2017 Jun 23;5(7):E547–E558. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-106184

Table 1. Clinical features in 37 patients who underwent probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy during double-balloon enteroscopy.

Patient number Final diagnosis Sex Age, years DBE route Location of the lesions examined Indications
Small-bowel tumors/polyps
 1 Malignant lymphoma (mantle cell lymphoma) M 82 Oral Jejunum Asymptomatic (Check-up)
 2 Malignant lymphoma (follicular lymphoma) F 65 Anal Ileum Occult small-bowel bleeding
 3 Malignant lymphoma (follicular lymphoma) F 56 Anal Ileum Asymptomatic (Check-up)
 4 Malignant lymphoma (DLBCL transformed from follicular lymphoma) F 57 Oral Jejunum Abdominal pain
 5 Malignant lymphoma (DLBCL transformed from follicular lymphoma) F 55 Anal Ileum Diarrhea
 6 Malignant lymphoma (DLBCL) M 78 Anal Ileum Occult small-bowel bleeding
 7 Malignant lymphoma (Burkitt lymphoma) 1 F 66 Oral Jejunum Small-bowel obstruction
 8 Adenocarcinoma at an advanced stage M 41 Oral Jejunum Small-bowel obstruction
 9 Metastasis from cervical cancer F 62 Oral Ligament of Treitz Small-bowel obstruction
10 Peutz-Jeghers syndrome F 52 Oral Jejunum Asymptomatic (Follow-up)
Vascular diseases
11 Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia M 73 Anal Ileum Occult small-bowel bleeding
12 Angiodysplasia F 74 Oral Jejunum Occult small-bowel bleeding
13 IgA vasculitis M 70 Oral Jejunum Overt small-bowel bleeding and abdominal pain
14 Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis M 55 Anal Ileum Diarrhea
15 Ischemic stricturing enteritis F 80 Anal Ileum Overt small-bowel bleeding and small-bowel obstruction
16 Ischemic stricturing enteritis F 64 Oral Jejunum Small-bowel obstruction
Inflammatory diseases
17 Crohn’s disease M 22 Oral Jejunum Small-bowel obstruction
18 Crohn’s disease F 51 Oral Ileum Small-bowel obstruction
19 Crohn’s disease M 31 Anal Ileum Small-bowel obstruction
20 Chronic non-specific multiple ulcers unrelated to NSAIDs F 55 Oral Ileum Small-bowel obstruction
21 Chronic non-specific multiple ulcers unrelated to NSAIDs F 39 Oral Ileum Small-bowel obstruction
22 Chronic non-specific multiple ulcers unrelated to NSAIDs F 48 Oral Jejunum Occult small-bowel bleeding
23 Chronic non-specific multiple ulcers unrelated to NSAIDs F 42 Oral Jejunum Protein-losing enteropathy
24 Chronic non-specific multiple ulcers unrelated to NSAIDs F 39 Anal Ileum Protein-losing enteropathy
25 Hypogammaglobulinemia-associated atrophic enteritis with malabsorption syndrome M 50 Oral Jejunum Diarrhea
Iatrogenic diseases
26 Aspirin-induced small-intestinal injury F 73 Anal Ileum Occult small-bowel bleeding
27 Diclofenac-induced small-intestinal injury M 53 Oral Duodenum-jejunum Overt small-bowel bleeding
28 Loxoprofen-induced small-intestinal injury F 88 Oral Jejunum Small-bowel obstruction
29 Clonazepam-induced small-intestinal injury with protein-losing enteropathy F 54 Oral Jejunum Diarrhea
Other small-bowel diseases
30 Intestinal lymphangiectasia with protein-losing enteropathy F 42 Anal Ileum Protein-losing enteropathy
31 Intestinal lymphangiectasia with protein-losing enteropathy M 66 Oral Jejunum Protein-losing enteropathy
32 Intestinal lymphangiectasia with protein-losing enteropathy M 71 Oral Jejunum Protein-losing enteropathy
33 Meckel’s diverticulum M 27 Anal Ileum Overt small-bowel bleeding
Normal small bowel
34 Colonic diverticular hemorrhage M 71 Oral Jejunum Overt small-bowel bleeding
35 Suspected Crohn’s disease M 26 Anal Ileum Right lower quadrant pain
36 Hypogammaglobulinemia M 36 Oral Jejunum Occult small-bowel bleeding
37 Abdominal pain M 36 Oral Jejunum Abdominal pain

DBE, double-balloon enteroscopy; DLBCL, diffuse large B cell lymphoma; NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

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Complete remission by chemotherapy and complicated by cytomegalovirus infection-associated small-intestinal ulcers.