Poster Session E - Tuesday Afternoon
Category: Colon
Priyadarshini Loganathan, MD
University Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Outcome: Diagnostic value of random colonic biopsy in the evaluation of chronic unexplained diarrhea with normal colonic appearance. | Pooled rate | 95% confidence interval, (I2% heterogeneity) | Number of studies |
Normal colon biopsy | 49.8% | 34.3-65.2, (98%) | 18 studies |
Normal ileum biopsy | 88.5% | 51.3-98.3, (93%) | 3 studies |
Microscopic colitis | 15.1% | 10.8-20.7, (91%) | 19 studies |
Lymphocytic colitis | 9.3% | 6.6-13, (83%) | 15 studies |
Collagenous colitis | 3.7% | 2.4-5.7, (79%) | 13 studies |
Nonspecific colitis | 19.7% | 11-32.8, (97%) | 14 studies |
Inflammatory bowel disease | 1.7% | 0.8-3.5, (54%) | 12 studies |
Infective colitis | 2% | 1.1-3.7, (17%) | 8 studies |
Eosinophilic colitis | 2.3% | 1.1-4.5, (69%) | 11 studies |
Total significant histopathological change | 32.9% | 23.8-43.5, (96%) | 22 studies |