Endoscopic diagnosis of chronic diarrhea

Y Kinoshita, R Ariyoshi, S Fujigaki, K Tanaka… - DEN …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence of chronic diarrhea in the general population is reported to be 4%–5%.
Since various pathological conditions cause diarrheal symptoms, etiological diagnosis of …

Chronic diarrhea: to biopsy or not to biopsy

LR Schiller - Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 2005 - giejournal.org
Chronic diarrhea continues to be a diagnostic challenge for gastroenterologists, largely
because of the vast number of conditions included in its differential diagnosis. While the …

Usefulness of colonoscopy with biopsy in the evaluation of patients with chronic diarrhea

RJ Shah, C Fenoglio-Preiser, BL Bleau… - The American journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Patients referred for chronic diarrhea frequently undergo endoscopic
evaluation. There are limited data on the role for colonoscopy with biopsy and ileoscopy for …

The yield of colonic biopsy in the evaluation of chronic unexplained diarrhea

RM Genta, A Sonnenberg - European journal of gastroenterology …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Methods In a computerized database of 130 204 patients evaluated for chronic diarrhea, we
tested the influence of biopsy site, number of tissue fragments, patient symptoms, and …

[HTML][HTML] Microscopic analysis of patients with chronic diarrhea without macroscopic disease

AS Silva, DMR Lima - Journal of Coloproctology (Rio de Janeiro), 2016 - SciELO Brasil
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Colonoscopy is part of the current diagnostic armamentarium.
However, in some patients with chronic diarrhea, a colonoscopy may show normal mucosa; …

Diagnostic value of routine ileum biopsy in patients with chronic diarrhoea--a prospective monocentric study

HH Lutz, N Gaßler, K Streetz, G Sellge… - Zeitschrift fur …, 2013 - europepmc.org
Results In 159 patients, the terminal ileum showed a pathological endoscopic appearance
in 27 cases (17%). In 22 (81.5%) of these 27 patients diagnostic pathological findings were …

Chronic, unexplained diarrhea: are biopsies necessary if colonoscopy is normal?

JB Marshall, R Singh… - American Journal of …, 1995 - search.ebscohost.com
Objective: We sought to determine the frequency of clinically important histological
abnormalities in patients with chronic, unexplained diarrhea who had macroscopically …

Colonic biopsy practice for evaluation of diarrhea in patients with normal endoscopic findings: results from a national endoscopic database

GC Harewood, JS Olson, NC Mattek, JL Holub… - Gastrointestinal …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The colonic biopsy is the only reliable method for identification of
microscopic colitis in patients with chronic diarrhea and normal endoscopic findings …

Differential diagnosis of diarrhea

W Gerok - Praxis, 1994 - europepmc.org
Diarrheal disease should be differentiated into acute and chronic forms. Acute diarrhea can
most commonly be referred to infectious pathogens and is usually self-limiting. To establish …

[HTML][HTML] The role of mucosal biopsy in the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea: value of multiple biopsies when colonoscopic finding is normal or nonspecific

JH Lee, PL Rhee, JJ Kim, KC Koh… - The Korean journal of …, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives There are controversies about taking routine mucosal biosy when the gross
colonoscopic finding is normal. This study was conducted to determine the frequency of …