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. 2012:2012:502198.
doi: 10.1155/2012/502198. Epub 2012 Feb 14.

Small bowel imaging in managing Crohn's disease patients

Jörg G Albert  1
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Small bowel imaging in managing Crohn's disease patients

Jörg G Albert. Gastroenterol Res Pract. 2012.

Abstract

The small bowel is essential to sustain alimentation and small bowel Crohn's disease (CD) may severely limit its function. Small bowel imaging is a crucial element in diagnosing small bowel CD, and treatment control with imaging is increasingly used to optimize the patients outcome. Thereby, capsule endoscopy, Balloon-assisted enteroscopy, and Magnetic resonance imaging have become key players to manage CD patients. In this review, role of small bowel imaging is detailed discussed for use in diagnosing and managing Crohn's disease patients.

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Figure 1
Crohn's disease of the small bowel in capsule endoscopy: multiple small ulcerations all over the ileum and jejunum, scarring alterations of the small bowel.
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