Non-small bowel lesion detection at small bowel capsule endoscopy: A comprehensive literature review

Table 1 Summary of publications studying non-small bowel lesions detected at capsule endoscopy

References	Presentation (GI bleeding)	Mean duration (mo)1	No of SBCE (n)	NSBL detection (n)	Most frequent site of NSBL	Most frequent lesion(s)
Kitiyakara et al[23]	Obscure	23.1	140	9	Colon	GAVE
Elijah et al[24]	Obscure	Not	201	78	Only upper GI reported	Vascular lesions
		specified
Riccioni et al[25]2	Occult	Not	138	Not	Not	Angiody-splasia
		specified		specified	specified
Tacheci et al[26]	Obscure	Not	118	20	Only upper GI reported	Erosions
		specified
Vlachogiannakos et al[27]	Obscure	8.6	317	11	Colon	Angiodysplasia and cancer
Hoedemaker et al[28]	Obscure	Not	595	85	Terminal Ileum	Angiody-splasia
		specified
Riccioni et al[29]		Not	637	179	Stomach/ duodenum	Gastric - duodenal erosions
	Obscure	specified
Akin et al[30]	Obscure	Not	114	8	Caecum	Angiody-splasia
		specified
Juanmartiñena Fernández et al[31]	Obscure or other indications	19.8	2217	447	Only upper GI reported	Erosions
Juanmartiñena Fernández et al[32]	Obscure or other indications	25	526	24	Only lower GI reported	Vascular lesions

¹Mean duration of presenting symptom; ²Riccioni et al[25] studied the role of small capsule endoscopy in investigating unexplained iron deficiency anaemia. SBCE: Small capsule endoscopy; NSBL: Non-small bowel lesion (defined as lesions within the reach of conventional upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy. This may include the terminal ileum; IDA: Iron deficiency anaemia; GI: Gastrointestinal.