Imaging of Strictures in Crohn's Disease

Overview

Journal Life (Basel)

Specialty Biology

Date 2023 Dec 23

PMID 38137884

Authors

Laura Maria Minordi

Luigi Larosa

Antonio Bevere

Francesca Bice DAngelo

Antonio Pierro

Savino Cilla

Annemilia Del Ciello

Franco Scaldaferri

Brunella Barbaro

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Abstract

Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammation of the digestive tract, and it frequently affects young patients. It can involve any intestinal segment, even though it frequently affects the distal ileum. Up to 80% of patients with CD present with inflammatory behavior, and 5% to 28% develop stricturing disease. Based on the predominant mechanism causing them, strictures can be categorized as inflammatory, fibrotic, or mixed. Determining the relative amounts of inflammation and fibrosis in a stricture can influence treatment decisions. Imaging is an extremely useful tool in patients with small bowel stricturing CD to confirm the diagnosis and to evaluate disease characteristics, usually using CT or MRI. The aim of this paper is to describe how imaging can evaluate a patient with small bowel CD stricture.

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