Regional Gastrointestinal Transit Times in Patients With Carcinoid Diarrhea: Assessment With the Novel 3D-Transit System.

Tine Gregersen Anne-Mette Haase Vincent Schlageter Henning Gronbaek Søren Schou Olesen

Published in: Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility (2015)

Three-dimensional Transit allows assessment of regional GITT in patients with diarrhea. Patients with carcinoid diarrhea have faster than normal gastrointestinal transit due to faster small intestinal and colorectal transit times. The latter is caused by an increased frequency of pansegmental colonic movements.

Keyphrases

irritable bowel syndrome
clostridium difficile
ulcerative colitis