Ultrasound findings of Crohn’s disease: correlation with MR enterography
| Autor: | Esther Blanc, Tomás Ripollés, María J. Martínez-Pérez, Estefania Gonzalez‐Montpetit, Gregorio Martin, José Vizuete |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Urology Population Disease Inflammatory bowel disease 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Surgical pathology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging education Crohn's disease education.field_of_study Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry Ultrasound Gastroenterology Hepatology medicine.disease digestive system diseases 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis MR Enterography Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | Abdominal Radiology. 46:156-167 |
| ISSN: | 2366-0058 2366-004X |
| Popis: | Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease characterized by periods of relative inactivity alternating with acute flare-ups. Imaging techniques play a fundamental role in the diagnosis and follow-up of Crohn's disease, providing information on the extent of disease, disease activity, and the presence of extramural complications. Because of the frequent re-evaluation required by the relapsing nature of Crohn's disease and the relative young age at which most patients are diagnosed, techniques that use ionizing radiation are best avoided in monitoring this population. Thus, magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) and ultrasonography (US) are the preferable techniques. Various studies have demonstrated that US is accurate in assessing the gut. Despite some clear advantages over MRE, US has long been underused in the evaluation of intestinal disease. This review presents an overview of the main imaging findings in Crohn's disease, correlating representative US images with MRE and surgical pathology specimens. We conclude that US reliably depicts both bowel-related and mesenteric features of Crohn's disease and US findings correlate strongly with MRE findings. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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