Detecting and characterizing creeping fat in Crohn's disease: agreement between intestinal ultrasound and computed tomography enterography.

Mengyuan ZhouZihan NiuLi MaWenbo LiMengsu XiaoYudi HeJing QinYuxin JiangWei LiuChenyang Zhao

Published in: Insights into imaging (2024)

Creeping fat (CF) is a potential therapeutic target in Crohn's disease. Excellent agreement was shown between US and CT Enterography (CTE) for assessing CF. Ultrasound could be complementary to CTE for assessing CF.

Keyphrases

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