TY - JOUR
T1 - Endoscopic resection of Peutz-Jeghers polyps throughout the small intestine at double-balloon enteroscopy without laparotomy
AU - Ohmiya, Naoki
AU - Taguchi, Ayumu
AU - Shirai, Kennosuke
AU - Mabuchi, Nobuyuki
AU - Arakawa, Daigo
AU - Kanazawa, Hironobu
AU - Ozeki, Masayasu
AU - Yamada, Masahiro
AU - Nakamura, Masanao
AU - Itoh, Akihiro
AU - Hirooka, Yoshiki
AU - Niwa, Yasumasa
AU - Nagasaka, Tetsuro
AU - Ito, Masafumi
AU - Ohashi, Shinji
AU - Okamura, Shozo
AU - Goto, Hidemi
PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - Small-bowel enteroscopy with the double-balloon method was developed to improve access to the small intestine. This study evaluated the usefulness of this method for the resection of small-intestinal Peutz-Jeghers polyps. Two patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome underwent nonsurgical double-balloon enteroscopic resection of polyps throughout the small intestine. Multiple polyps in the jejunum were successfully resected via the oral route, as were the polyps in the ileum via the anal route. All 18 polyps (10-60 mm in size) were resected without subsequent bleeding or perforation. Histopathologically, 3 large polyps (>30 mm diameter) were hamartomas with adenomatous components. Double-balloon enteroscopy was safe and useful for the diagnosis and the treatment of Peutz-Jeghers polyps throughout the small intestine. Double-balloon enteroscopic polypectomy might preclude complications of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, including intussusception, bleeding, and tumorogenesis, thereby obviating the need for multiple laparotomies.
AB - Small-bowel enteroscopy with the double-balloon method was developed to improve access to the small intestine. This study evaluated the usefulness of this method for the resection of small-intestinal Peutz-Jeghers polyps. Two patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome underwent nonsurgical double-balloon enteroscopic resection of polyps throughout the small intestine. Multiple polyps in the jejunum were successfully resected via the oral route, as were the polyps in the ileum via the anal route. All 18 polyps (10-60 mm in size) were resected without subsequent bleeding or perforation. Histopathologically, 3 large polyps (>30 mm diameter) were hamartomas with adenomatous components. Double-balloon enteroscopy was safe and useful for the diagnosis and the treatment of Peutz-Jeghers polyps throughout the small intestine. Double-balloon enteroscopic polypectomy might preclude complications of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, including intussusception, bleeding, and tumorogenesis, thereby obviating the need for multiple laparotomies.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)02457-5
DO - 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)02457-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 15672077
AN - SCOPUS:19944431334
SN - 0016-5107
VL - 61
SP - 140
EP - 147
JO - Gastrointestinal endoscopy
JF - Gastrointestinal endoscopy
IS - 1
ER -