A cross-sectional study was performed from 2017 to 2018. Consecutive Crohn's disease patients diagnosed in the Inflammatory bowel disease center of the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University were recruited. All patients underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and biopsy by two defined endoscopists and two pathologists, the basic information were collected at the same time, in order to assess the prevalence of upper gastrointestinal involvement, and determine the role of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in adult Crohn's disease patients, irrespective of upper gastrointestinal symptoms.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
160
Two endoscopists performed upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and biopsy on all patients; and histological review was performed by two pathologists. From each patient, 10 specimens were taken from 6 areas in the upper gastrointestinal tract and basic informations was collected.
The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
the incidence of different upper gastrointestinal lesions
The incidence of different characteristic lesions of upper gastrointestinal in CD patients.
Time frame: 1 year
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