2004
DOI: 10.1159/000078735
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Imaging of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: CT and MR

Abstract: Cross-sectional imaging has come to play a central role in the imaging of the abdomen. Concurrent to this, the role of CT and MRI in the imaging of inflammatory bowel disease has also increased in importance. These modalities offer numerous advantages over more traditonal methods of radiologic diagnosis, and provide essential information not only for initial diagnosis, but for management, follow-up and detection of potential complications. On the horizon are several derivative techniques involving CT and MRI, … Show more

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“…CT and MRI demonstrated good specificity, differentiating fibrosis from edema [19]. The accuracy of B-mode sonography is most likely limited for distinguishing between active and inactive disease due to similar findings in patients with inflammatory wall thickening and fibrosis.…”
Section: Ultrasonographic Findings In Ileal CDmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…CT and MRI demonstrated good specificity, differentiating fibrosis from edema [19]. The accuracy of B-mode sonography is most likely limited for distinguishing between active and inactive disease due to similar findings in patients with inflammatory wall thickening and fibrosis.…”
Section: Ultrasonographic Findings In Ileal CDmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Crohn's disease can involve any portion of the gastro intestinal tract from the mouth to the anus, although the small bowel is the most commonly affected portion of the bowel, particularly the distal and terminal ileum ( Figure 1) [18] . The earliest phases of small bowel inflam mation may be characterized only by subtle mucosal hyperenhancement on the arterial phase images, with little or no wall thickening or venous phase enhancement abnormalities [19,20] .…”
Section: Active Small Bowel Inflammationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Notably, more than the wall thickening itself, the degree of mucosal enhancement most highly correlates with disease activity, although one must be careful not to confuse pathologic hyperenhancement with the normal greater enhancement of the jejunum relative to the ileum on arterial phase images. Similarly, collapsed bowel loops often appear to have higher attenuation walls, a finding which should not be confused with pathologic hyperenhancement [18,23] . Coronal multiplanar reformats, volume rendered im ages, and MIP images can be very helpful in properly evaluating abnormal small bowel loops.…”
Section: Active Small Bowel Inflammationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The most common finding of CD at CT is wall thickening of more than 3 mm in a distended loop of small bowel [44]. Other CT findings of CD include mucosal enhancement, stranding of mesenteric fat, the "comb sign" (prominence of the vasa recta), fistulae, abscesses, and mural stratification [45,46]. Dedicated CT examination of the small bowel with CT is performed using a negative oral contrast medium (water, low-density barium sulfate suspension, methylcellulose, or polyethylene glycol), thin cut imaging, and an intravenous contrast to maximize intestinal detail.…”
Section: Ct Enterography/enteroclysismentioning
confidence: 99%