BACKGROUND CT enterography yields striking findings in the bowel wall in Crohn's disease. These images may help to evaluate whether small bowel narrowing results from active disease requiring anti-inflammatory therapy. However, the clinical relevance of these images is unknown. It is also not known if these radiologic findings correlate with objective biomarkers of inflammation. METHODS In a ...

Radiographical modalities have become important diagnostic tools in cases of ulcerative colitis (UC). Imaging can be used non-invasively to determine the extent of involvement, severity of disease and to detect disease-related complications and extra-intestinal inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) manifestations. While abdominal X-rays and barium enemas still retain their relevance in specific clin...

Increased importance has been placed on evaluating small bowel disease to guide management in often chronic conditions such as Crohn’s disease. Imaging of the small bowel has always played a key role in diagnosis and decision making. Traditionally, fluoroscopic studies such as barium follow through and small bowel enteroclysis have been used. More recently, the gold standard of evaluating the s...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy and clinical impact of hybrid positron emission tomography [PET]/magnetic resonance-enterography [MR-E] and PET/computed tomography-enterography [CT-E] in patients with Crohn's disease [CD]. METHODS A total of 35 patients with symptomatic small-bowel CD who were scheduled to undergo operation were evaluated before operation...

The diagnosis of small-bowel tumours, particularly early detection and differential diagnosis, is still somewhat challenging, although many sensitive direct and indirect techniques have been adopted. Although spatial resolution of MR imaging is lower than that of a CT scan, the main advantages of the former are the combination of good soft-tissue contrast, detection of extraenteric abnormalitie...

What is enterography? It is worth taking a moment to explain the term ‘enterography’, as it is often misunderstood. Enterography is an examination optimized for evaluation of the small bowel. As such, oral contrast is administered, which is designed both to be low in attenuation/signal compared with the enhancing mucosa and to distend the small bowel. The contrast should be low in attenuation/ ...

S everal recent studies have identified an accelerating rate of radiation exposure in patients with poorly controlled complicated small bowel Crohn’s disease (CD), largely due to abdominal and pelvic computed tomography (CT) scans performed in local emergency departments with potentially long-term clinical consequences. This has motivated active research into alternatives for disease activity a...

Abstract Small bowel tumors are rare with nonspecific and protean clinical presentation. Early diagnosis of small is desirable as they can be associated significant morbidity. In malignant tumors, delayed may result in dissemination metastasis leading to poor outcomes. Imaging evaluation challenging due unpredictable luminal distension, peristalsis, motion. addition, the lack distinction betwee...