The Use of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Review of the Literature.
Răzvan-Cristian StatieDan Nicolae FlorescuDan-Ionuț GheoneaBogdan Silviu UngureanuSevastița IordacheIon RogoveanuTudorel CiureaPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
The diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can sometimes be challenging. By corroborating clinical, imaging and histological data, the two main entities of IBD, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease (CD), can be differentiated in most cases. However, there remains 10-20% of patients where the diagnosis cannot be accurately established, in which case the term "IBD unclassified" is used. The imaging techniques most used to evaluate patients with IBD include colonoscopy, ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging. Endoscopic ultrasonography is mainly recommended for the evaluation of perianal CD. Through this work, we aim to identify other uses of this method in the case of patients with IBD.
Keyphrases
- ulcerative colitis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- end stage renal disease
- high resolution
- ultrasound guided
- ejection fraction
- computed tomography
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- preterm infants
- prognostic factors
- nk cells
- machine learning
- patient reported outcomes
- photodynamic therapy
- deep learning
- diffusion weighted imaging
- fluorescence imaging
- patient reported
- hidradenitis suppurativa