Abstract
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are chronic inflammatory diseases that lead to progressive bowel damage including the development of stricturing and penetrating complications. Increasingly, cross-sectional imaging with computed tomography or magnetic resonance scans have emerged as leading tools to: (1)assess disease activity; (2)monitor response to therapy or disease recurrence; and (3)identify disease-related complications. Several validated radiological scoring systems have been developed to quantify cross-sectional and longitudinal inflammatory burden in these diseases and to monitor response to treatment. Bowel ultrasound is also a simple and inexpensive tool but is operator dependent in its performance.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 447-470 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2019 |
Keywords
- Abscess
- CTE
- Crohn's disease
- Fistula
- Inflammation
- MRE
- Strictures
- Ulcerative colitis