Beneficial Effects of Combining Computed Tomography Enteroclysis/Enterography with Capsule Endoscopy for Screening Tumor Lesions in the Small Intestine

Table 1

Characteristics of the patients participating in the study.

Number of cases	98
Sex, male (%)	50
Age (years)	63.9 ± 16.5
Hb (g/dL) at the time when CTE was performed	9.4 ± 3.3
Time interval (median value) between CTE and CE	2 ± 26.3
Purpose of the tests
OGIB	73 cases (745%)
Suspicion of neoplastic lesions	12 cases (12.2%)
Inflammatory bowel disease	5 cases (5.1%)
Others	8 cases (8.2%)

Hb: hemoglobin; CTE: computed tomography enteroclysis/enterography; CE: capsule endoscopy; OGIB: obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.