Table 1.
Demographic data and clinical characteristics of the study population.
Table 2.
CE findings in 243 patients with chronic abdominal pain.
Figure 1.
Ulcers and stenosis found by CE.
Ulcers and stenosis in the upper part of the small intestine were found by CE in a 56-year-old woman with abdominal pain. The diagnosis of Crohn's disease was confirmed both surgically and pathologically.
Figure 2.
Hookworms throughout the small bowel were identified by CE in a 42-year-old woman with lower abdominal pain for three years.
Figure 3.
Roundworm was detected by CE in the small bowel in a 49-year-old woman with periumbilial pain for more than one year.
Figure 4.
An occupying lesion identified by CE.
An occupying lesion was identified by CE in the jejunum of a 52-year-old woman with abdominal pain for more than three months. With subsequent pathology evaluation, a diagnosis of adenocarcinoma was confirmed.
Figure 5.
An eminence lesion identified by CE.
An eminence lesion was identified by CE in the small bowel of a 30-year-old man with periumbilial pain. The lesion was surgically diagnosed as gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
Figure 6.
Multiple congestion and ulcers identified by CE.
Multiple congestion and ulcers in the small bowel were identified by CE in a 17-year-old man with recurrent abdominal pain.