Advanced multimodality imaging of inflammatory bowel disease in 2015: An update |
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Authors: | Emma Stanley Heather K Moriarty Carmel G Cronin |
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Affiliation: | Emma Stanley, Heather K Moriarty, Carmel G Cronin, Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland |
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Abstract: | The diagnosis and effective management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) requires a combination clinical, endoscopic, histological, biological, and imaging data. While endoscopy and biopsy remains the gold standard for diagnosis of IBD, imaging plays a central role in the assessment of extra mural disease, in disease surveillance and in the assessment of response to medical treatments, which are often expensive. Imaging is also vital in the detection and diagnosis of disease related complications, both acute and chronic. In this review, we will describe, with illustrative images, the imaging features of IBD in adults, with emphasis on up-to-date imaging techniques focusing predominantly on cross sectional imaging and new magnetic resonance imaging techniques. |
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Keywords: | Crohn’s disease Multimodality imaging Ulcerative colitis Magnetic resonance imaging Positron emission tomography Inflammatory bowel disease Cross sectional imaging |
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