@article {1764,
	title = {Usefulness of wireless capsule endoscopy for detecting inflammatory bowel disease in children presenting with arthropathy.},
	journal = {Eur J Pediatr},
	volume = {170},
	year = {2011},
	month = {2011 Oct},
	pages = {1343-7},
	abstract = {<p>Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a cause of chronic intestinal inflammation in children. In a subset of patients affected by IBD, arthropathy may be the leading presenting sign. In the past years, remarkable advances in gastrointestinal endoscopy techniques have been achieved; recently, the development of capsule endoscopy (CE) provided a non-invasive method for the complete endoscopic evaluation, including small bowel assessment. We report three children suffering from IBD but presenting with articular complaints in whom CE was a useful tool for detecting gut inflammation. Patients were investigated with the wireless CE: PillCam SB2 (Given Imaging, Yoqneam, Israel) capsule, the second-generation capsule, was used in our paediatric patients. Three patients were initially evaluated for arthropathy. Enteropathic arthritis was suspected for gastrointestinal symptoms and/or persistence of inflammatory markers elevation. In one of these children, conventional endoscopy was refused by parents, while in the other two children, CE was proposed as first-line diagnostic tool. In all patients, CE revealed to be safe and provided information that led to diagnosis. Paediatric rheumatologists should consider CE as a valid, non-invasive tool, eventually first level diagnostic approach in order to evaluate the presence of IBD in children presenting with chronic articular complaints.</p>},
	keywords = {Adolescent, Arthritis, Juvenile, Capsule Endoscopy, Child, Colitis, Ulcerative, Colon, Crohn Disease, Diagnosis, Differential, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Intestine, Small, Male, Predictive Value of Tests, Sensitivity and Specificity, Severity of Illness Index, Treatment Outcome},
	issn = {1432-1076},
	doi = {10.1007/s00431-011-1505-7},
	author = {Taddio, Andrea and Simonini, Gabriele and Lionetti, Paolo and Lepore, Loredana and Martelossi, Stefano and Ventura, Alessandro and Cimaz, Rolando}
}
