Prevalence of organic colonic lesions in patients meeting Rome III criteria for diagnosis of IBS: a prospective multi-center study utilizing colonoscopy

Background It remains unknown whether the Rome III criteria can exclude organic colonic lesions prior to the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). We evaluated the colonoscopy results of patients meeting the Rome III criteria for the diagnosis of IBS to determine the presence of organic colon...

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Published in:Journal of gastroenterology 2012-10, Vol.47 (10), p.1084-1090
Main Authors: Ishihara, Shunji, Yashima, Kazuo, Kushiyama, Yoshinori, Izumi, Akio, Kawashima, Kousaku, Fujishiro, Hirofumi, Kojo, Haruhiko, Komazawa, Yoshinori, Hamamoto, Tetsuro, Yamamoto, Tetsuo, Sasaki, Yuichiro, Shimizu, Tatsunori, Okamoto, Eiji, Yoshimura, Teiji, Furuta, Koichiro, Noguchi, Naoya, Tanaka, Hisao, Murawaki, Yoshikazu, Kinoshita, Yoshikazu
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Language:English
Subjects:
Abdominal Surgery
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis
Colon - pathology
Colonoscopy
Colonoscopy - methods
Colorectal Surgery
Conferences, meetings and seminars
Female
Gastroenterology
Gastrointestinal diseases
Hepatology
Humans
Irritable bowel syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome - diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome - epidemiology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome - pathology
Japan - epidemiology
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Original Article—Alimentary Tract
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Surgical Oncology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
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Summary:Background It remains unknown whether the Rome III criteria can exclude organic colonic lesions prior to the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). We evaluated the colonoscopy results of patients meeting the Rome III criteria for the diagnosis of IBS to determine the presence of organic colonic lesions. Methods This study was prospectively conducted at 17 centers in Japan. We enrolled 4528 patients who underwent diagnostic colonoscopy examinations. The diagnosis of IBS was evaluated by questionnaire results according to the Rome III criteria. Results We evaluated 4178 patients (350 were excluded because of incomplete data or previous colonic surgery), of whom 203 met the Rome III criteria (mean age 57.9 years; range 14–87 years) prior to the diagnostic colonoscopy examination. We identified organic colonic diseases in 21 of these 203 patients (10.3 %) , and these disease were also identified in 338 (8.5 %) of 3975 patients who did not fulfill the Rome III criteria. There were no differences in regard to the prevalence of organic colonic diseases between patients who did and did not fulfill the Rome III criteria. Conclusions The prevalence of organic colonic diseases in patients who met the Rome III criteria was at an acceptably low level, indicating that the Rome III criteria are adequately specific for the diagnosis of IBS without performing a colonoscopy examination.
ISSN:0944-1174
1435-5922
DOI:10.1007/s00535-012-0573-4