Toshiyuki Matsui • Takayuki Matsumoto
Kunihiko Aoyagi
Editors

2014

This volume was about one year in the planning, and was inspired by the realization that capsule endoscopy and double-balloon endoscopy frequently reveal findings that nevertheless do not result in diagnosis. Another reason was our recognition of the difficulty in distinguishing findings of ulcerative colitis from those of Crohn’s disease and other disorders in small intestinal endoscopy. Of course, we have seen numerous case presentations at academic conferences and have also read several books on small intestinal endoscopy. However, these frequently do nothing more than list a large number of disorders without providing a detailed analysis of findings.