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PERORAL ENDOSCOPIC DUODENAL BIOPSY IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN
Author(s) -
BARAKAT MUHAMMAD H.,
ALI SAYYED M.,
BADAWI AMIN R.,
KHUFFASH FAISAL A.,
FERNANDO NELLIE,
MAJEED HASSAN A.,
TUNGAKER M. F.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1983.tb09772.x
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , endoscopy , suction , duodenum , surgery , duodenoscopy , gastroenterology , radiology , mechanical engineering , engineering
. Peroral endoscopic duodenal biopsy was used in the diagnosis and follow‐up of forty‐nine infants and children with suspected small intestine disease. Their ages ranged between one month and 12 years. Fifty‐four upper gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures were performed and 139 biopsies were taken. The mean procedure time was 3.2 min with a range of 1.5–5.5 min. There were no complications. Tissue adequate for histopathologic examination was obtained in all but one of the fifty‐four procedures. On the basis of this experience we think that peroral endoscopic duodenal biopsy is faster, safer and as diagnostic as conventional suction biopsy in infants and children. It is also more informative when other diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract are suspected.