Use of Balloon Enteroscopy in Preoperative Diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis-Associated Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours of the Small Bowel: A Case Report

Neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) is one of the most common inheritable disorders and is associated with an increased risk of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs). However, the predominant location of these lesions in the small bowel makes them difficult to diagnose. We report the successful use of...

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Main Authors:	Takakura, Kazuki, Kajihara, Mikio, Sasaki, Shigemasa, Nagano, Tomohisa, Ohta, Arihito, Ikegami, Masahiro, Eto, Ken, Kashiwagi, Hideyuki, Yanaga, Katsuhiko, Arihiro, Seiji, Kato, Tomohiro, Tajiri, Hisao
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	S. Karger AG 2011
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124322/

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spelling	pubmed-31243222011-06-27 Use of Balloon Enteroscopy in Preoperative Diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis-Associated Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours of the Small Bowel: A Case Report Takakura, Kazuki Kajihara, Mikio Sasaki, Shigemasa Nagano, Tomohisa Ohta, Arihito Ikegami, Masahiro Eto, Ken Kashiwagi, Hideyuki Yanaga, Katsuhiko Arihiro, Seiji Kato, Tomohiro Tajiri, Hisao Published: May 2011 Neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) is one of the most common inheritable disorders and is associated with an increased risk of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs). However, the predominant location of these lesions in the small bowel makes them difficult to diagnose. We report the successful use of balloon enteroscopy in conjunction with conventional methods for clinical diagnosis of jejunal GISTs in a 70-year-old man with NF1 who presented with melaena. The importance of screening NF1 patients for GISTs and the complementary role of balloon enteroscopy with capsule endoscopy in such diagnoses is discussed. S. Karger AG 2011-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3124322/ /pubmed/21712945 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000329171 Text en Copyright © 2011 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
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author	Takakura, Kazuki Kajihara, Mikio Sasaki, Shigemasa Nagano, Tomohisa Ohta, Arihito Ikegami, Masahiro Eto, Ken Kashiwagi, Hideyuki Yanaga, Katsuhiko Arihiro, Seiji Kato, Tomohiro Tajiri, Hisao
spellingShingle	Takakura, Kazuki Kajihara, Mikio Sasaki, Shigemasa Nagano, Tomohisa Ohta, Arihito Ikegami, Masahiro Eto, Ken Kashiwagi, Hideyuki Yanaga, Katsuhiko Arihiro, Seiji Kato, Tomohiro Tajiri, Hisao Use of Balloon Enteroscopy in Preoperative Diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis-Associated Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours of the Small Bowel: A Case Report
author_facet	Takakura, Kazuki Kajihara, Mikio Sasaki, Shigemasa Nagano, Tomohisa Ohta, Arihito Ikegami, Masahiro Eto, Ken Kashiwagi, Hideyuki Yanaga, Katsuhiko Arihiro, Seiji Kato, Tomohiro Tajiri, Hisao
author_sort	Takakura, Kazuki
title	Use of Balloon Enteroscopy in Preoperative Diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis-Associated Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours of the Small Bowel: A Case Report
title_short	Use of Balloon Enteroscopy in Preoperative Diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis-Associated Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours of the Small Bowel: A Case Report
title_full	Use of Balloon Enteroscopy in Preoperative Diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis-Associated Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours of the Small Bowel: A Case Report
title_fullStr	Use of Balloon Enteroscopy in Preoperative Diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis-Associated Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours of the Small Bowel: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed	Use of Balloon Enteroscopy in Preoperative Diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis-Associated Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours of the Small Bowel: A Case Report
title_sort	use of balloon enteroscopy in preoperative diagnosis of neurofibromatosis-associated gastrointestinal stromal tumours of the small bowel: a case report
description	Neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) is one of the most common inheritable disorders and is associated with an increased risk of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs). However, the predominant location of these lesions in the small bowel makes them difficult to diagnose. We report the successful use of balloon enteroscopy in conjunction with conventional methods for clinical diagnosis of jejunal GISTs in a 70-year-old man with NF1 who presented with melaena. The importance of screening NF1 patients for GISTs and the complementary role of balloon enteroscopy with capsule endoscopy in such diagnoses is discussed.
publisher	S. Karger AG
publishDate	2011
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124322/
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Use of Balloon Enteroscopy in Preoperative Diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis-Associated Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours of the Small Bowel: A Case Report

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