Table 1.
Clinical characteristics, diagnostic tools, and treatment outcomes of patients with cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous stenosing enteritis
| Patient No./sex/age (yr) | Duration until hospital visit (yr)1 | Presenting symptom at admission | Hb (g/dL) | SBS | APCT/CTE/MRE | DE/CE | Treatment | Treatment response (No. of relapse) | Relapse-free period (yr) | No of surgery | Follow up period (yr)2 |
| 1/M/23 | 9.6 | Abdominal pain | 13.3 | 1 | 3/-/- | 1/- | Surgery | Relapse (1) | 1.1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2/F/56 | 22.9 | Abdominal pain | 11.4 | ND | 1/-/- | -/- | Steroid, 5-ASA, surgery | Remission | 1 | 3 | |
| 3/M/49 | 10.4 | Abdominal pain | 13.7 | ND | 1/1/- | -/1 | Surgery | Remission | 1 | 1.5 | |
| 4/F/61 | 25 | Anemia | 10.5 | 1 | 1/-/- | -/- | Surgery | Remission | 1 | 2.9 | |
| 5/F/29 | 1 | Anemia | 7.4 | 2 | 6/1/- | 1/1 | Steroid, 5-ASA, surgery | Relapse (1) | 1 | 1 | 9.9 |
| 6/F/37 | 8.6 | Anemia | 8 | 2 | 1/-/- | -/- | Steroid, 5-ASA, surgery, others (albumin) | Relapse (2) | 2.7, 6.4 | 1 | 13.4 |
| 7/F/45 | 7.5 | Anemia, GI bleeding | 7.6 | 3 | -/3/- | 2/- | Steroid, surgery | Relapse (2) | 0.5, 3.7 | 1 | 9.4 |
| 8/F/49 | 5.1 | Abdominal pain | 12.9 | ND | -/2/1 | 2/- | Steroid, surgery | Relapse (3) | 1.4, 6, 1.7 | 3 | 9.8 |
| 9/M/54 | 3.5 | Abdominal pain, anemia | 10.4 | 1 | -/1/- | -/- | Surgery | Remission | 1 | 2.5 | |
| 10/M/30 | 4.8 | Abdominal pain | 8.5 | 5 | 1/4/- | -/1 | 5-ASA, surgery | Relapse (2) | 7.9, 0.7 | 2 | 10 |
| 11/F/16 | 14.6 | Abdominal pain | 7.7 | ND | -/1/- | -/- | Surgery | Remission | 1 | 0.5 | |
| 12/M/24 | 0.9 | Abdominal pain, anemia, GI bleeding | 11.3 | 1 | -/2/- | -/- | Surgery, others | Relapse (1) | 2.5 | 1 | 3.6 |
| (conservative treatment) | |||||||||||
| 13/M/41 | 12 | Abdominal pain | 9 | 1 | -/1/- | 1 /- | Steroid | Remission | 0 | 0 | |
| 14/F/64 | 23 | Abdominal pain | 12.3 | ND | -/-/1 | -/- | Surgery | Remission | 1 | 0 | |
| 15/F/39 | 10.3 | Abdominal pain | 9 | 1 | -/3/- | -/- | 5-ASA, surgery | Relapse (1) | 2 | 1 | 6.2 |
| 16/M/60 | 10 | Anemia, GI bleeding | 9.1 | ND | -/1/- | -/1 | Steroid, 5-ASA | Remission | 0 | 1.1 | |
| 17/F/15 | 4 | Abdominal pain, anemia | 7.7 | 4 | 1/-/- | -/- | Steroid, 5-ASA, surgery | Relapse (3) | 3, 4, 4, 3 | 4 | 13.5 |
| 18/F/34 | 0.1 | Anemia | 7.6 | 1 | 1/1/- | 1/- | Steroid, tuberculosis drug | Remission | 0 | 10.6 | |
| 19/M/33 | 1.2 | Anemia | 6.1 | 1 | 1/-/- | 1/1 | Steroid | Remission | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 20/F/48 | 0.2 | GI bleeding | 13.4 | 1 | 1/-/- | -/- | Surgery | Remission | 1 | 4.5 |
1
Time interval between the symptom onset and hospital visit (yr);
2
Time interval between prior remission and recurrence (yr). SBS: Small bowel series; APCT: Abdominopelvic CT; CTE: CT enterography; MRE: MR enterography; DE: Double-balloon endoscopy; CE: Capsule endoscopy; ND: Not done; 5-ASA: 5-aminosalicylic acid; GI: Gastrointestinal.