Ultrasonography in inflammatory bowel diseases--preliminary results
Eriksen, R.; Qvigstad, T.
Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening Tidsskrift for Praktisk Medicin Ny Raekke 122(27): 2594-2597
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-2001 PMID: 12523185 Document Number: 541909
After installing an ultrasound machine within the gastroenterologic unit at Alesund Hospital in February 2001, we wanted to evaluate its usefulness in inflammatory bowel diseases compared with endoscopy. We describe findings in 22 patients investigated from February to December 2001. Ultrasonography was performed using a combination of B-mode, power Doppler and duplex Doppler ultrasound techniques. The bowel disease was diagnosed by histology in all patients. Ultrasonography revealed wall thickness, disease extent and hyperaemia within the pathological segment of the bowel in all patients. Furthermore, the method demonstrated several pathological conditions related to the bowel disease which were not revealed by colonoscopy. Transcutaneous abdominal ultrasonography gives additional information to endoscopy in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.