Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2017; 23(22): 4121-4126
Published online Jun 14, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i22.4121
Application of novel magnified single balloon enteroscopy for a patient with Cronkhite-Canada syndrome
Masaki Murata, Shigeki Bamba, Kenichiro Takahashi, Hirotsugu Imaeda, Atsushi Nishida, Osamu Inatomi, Tomoyuki Tsujikawa, Ryoji Kushima, Mitsushige Sugimoto, Akira Andoh
Masaki Murata, Shigeki Bamba, Kenichiro Takahashi, Hirotsugu Imaeda, Atsushi Nishida, Osamu Inatomi, Akira Andoh, Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu 520-2192, Japan
Tomoyuki Tsujikawa, Comprehensive Internal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu 520-2192, Japan
Ryoji Kushima, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu 520-2192, Japan
Mitsushige Sugimoto, Division of Digestive endoscopy, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu 520-2192, Japan
Author contributions: Murata M, Bamba S, Takahashi K, Imaeda H, Nishida A, Inatomi O, Tsujikawa T, Kushima R, Sugimoto M and Andoh A collected and analyzed the patient’s clinical data and wrote the paper.
Institutional review board statement: Approval of this case report was not given in advance by the Institutional Review Board of Shiga University of Medical Science.
Informed consent statement: A patient of this case provided informed written consent prior to the endoscopic procedure and treatment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The magnifying single-balloon enteroscope (SIF Y-0007) was loaned free of charge by the Olympus Corporation.
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Correspondence to: Shigeki Bamba, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu 520-2192, Japan. sb@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
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Received: January 26, 2017
Peer-review started: February 2, 2017
First decision: February 23, 2017
Revised: March 6, 2017
Accepted: March 30, 2017
Article in press: March 30, 2017
Published online: June 14, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: While the endoscopic findings using esophagogastroduodenoscopy or colonoscopy of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome (CCS) are common, there have been few reports visualizing the small intestinal lesions of CCS. We have used a prototype of magnifying single-balloon enteroscope and have shown the detailed image of the small intestinal lesions of CCS. We also find some novel findings of CCS, some of which were confirmed by histological analysis. We also present a detailed video of this case.