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ArticleJournal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition2025

Long-term follow-up of children with Crohn's disease and small bowel mucosal lesions detected through video capsule endoscopy.

Tytti Jaakkola, Laura Merras-Salmio, Anne Nikkonen, Kaija-Leena Kolho

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Tytti JaakkolaPediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital HUS, Helsinki, Finland.
Laura Merras-SalmioPediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital HUS, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-8000-8891
Anne NikkonenPediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital HUS, Helsinki, Finland.
Kaija-Leena KolhoPediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital HUS, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-9170-8415

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Helsinki University Hospital Research FundPediatric Research Foundation
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objectivesWe report disease outcomes of pediatric Crohn's disease (CD) affecting the proximal small bowel (SB) and detected through video capsule endoscopy (VCE).

methodsWe undertook a retrospective review of CD patients with VCE performed under age 18 between 2003 and 2017 and having received any biologics. We identified patients from our institutional registry.

resultsEligible patients (n = 118) had their first VCE performed after a median of 0.1 years after diagnostic endoscopies at a median age of 12.2 years. The proximal SB disease group (Paris classification L4b inclusive) comprised 70 patients with extensive SB lesions in 81% and deep ulcers in 79%. Patients with Paris L1-3 disease with no findings in VCE or disease restricted to the terminal ileum comprised the control group. At first VCE, levels of albumin (34 vs. 37 g/L) and hemoglobin (117 vs. 127 g/L) were lower in SB patients (p < 0.02). After the first VCE, 68% were introduced to biologics, while 10% already received them. Follow-up VCE was performed after a median of 2.4 years (SB group n = 42; controls n = 21). Proximal SB findings had disappeared in 40% of SB patients, and extensive lesions and deep ulcers had decreased to 26% and 29%, respectively (p = 0.001). In the control group, one had progressed to proximal disease. During the clinical follow-up of a median of 4.7 years, one patient with SB underwent surgery for a jejunal stricture.

conclusionsProximal SB disease detected through capsule endoscopy abated in most patients with biological medication.

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Capsule EndoscopyCrohn DiseaseIntestinal MucosaIntestine, SmallAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleRetrospective Studiesalbuminfecal calprotectinhemoglobinpediatricTNF‐α blockers

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PMCPMC11717392

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