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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Casciani, Emanuele
• De Vincentiis, Chiara
• Polettini, Elisabetta
• Masselli, Gabriele
• Di Nardo, Giovanni
• Civitelli, Fortunata
• Cucchiara, Salvatore
• Gualdi, Gian Franco

Titel

Imaging of the small bowel: Crohn’s disease in paediatric patients

Ist Teil von

• World journal of radiology, 2014-06, Vol.6 (6), p.313-328

Ort / Verlag

United States: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

EZB-FREE-00999 freely available EZB journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In more than 20% of all patients, the Crohn's disease presents before the age of 18years. The diagnosis and management of Crohn's disease in children has changed dramatically over the last decade, mainly due to increased awareness, availability of newer diagnostic modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and newer, more powerful treatments such as biologics. Imaging of the small bowel is needed for diagnosis, management, follow-up and also evaluation of the disease in terms of location, extent, activity and complications. We review all the methods (barium examinations, ultrasonography, computed tomography, MR, and computed tomography- positron emission tomography) commonly used for imaging the small bowel in paediatric patients with Crohn's disease analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of each modality, with particular emphasis on MR imaging.