Ultrasound Elastography in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Systematic Review of Accuracy Compared with Histopathological Assessment.

Arianna Dal BuonoFrancesco FaitaLaurent Peyrin-BirouletSilvio DaneseMariangela Allocca

Published in: Journal of Crohn's & colitis (2022)

From the preliminary available data, an overall moderate-to-good accuracy of USE in detecting histological fibrosis [10/12 studies] was found. Point-shear wave elastography has been shown to perform superiorly. Further studies are needed to confirm these evidences.

Keyphrases

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