Meckel’s Diverticulum Diagnosed by Balloon-Assisted Enteroscopy: A Multicenter Report from the Taiwan Association for the Study of Small Intestinal Diseases (TASSID)
Table 3
Diagnostic yield of different modalities, treatment methods, histopathological findings, and clinical outcomes of patients with Meckel’s diverticulum diagnosed by BAE ().
Patient characteristics
No. of patients (%)
Diagnostic procedure used
BAE
55 (100)
Abdominal CT
49 (89.1)
Meckel’s scan
29 (52.7)
Small bowel series
16 (29.1)
Capsule endoscopy
11 (20)
Digital angiography
9 (16.4)
Yield of diagnostic procedure
BAE
55/55 (100)
Capsule endoscopy
5/11 (45.5)
Meckel’s scan
10/29 (35.7)
Abdominal CT
7/49 (14.6)
Small bowel series
2/16 (12.5)
Digital angiography
1/9 (11.1)
Treatment methods
Surgical treatment
42 (76.4)
Conservative treatment
13 (23.6)
Heterotopic tissue#
Gastric mucosa
19 (42.4)
Gastric and pancreatic tissues
3 (7)
Pancreatic tissue
2 (4.7)
Colonic mucosa
1 (2.3)
Neuroendocrine tumor
1 (2.3)
No
17 (39.5)
BAE: balloon-assisted enteroscopy; CT: computed tomography. #43 patients with endoscopic biopsies or surgical resection specimens of Meckel’s diverticulum.
