Publication details
Využití ultrazvuku v diagnostice onemocnění střev
| Title in English | The role of ultrasound in diagnostics of bowel disease |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Česká a slovenská gastroenterologie a hepatologie |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Other medical specializations |
| Keywords | imaging methods ? ultrasound ? diagnostics ? follow up ? small bowel ? large bowel |
| Description | This article summarises the possibilities of ultrasound imaging of the small and large bowel. Bowel ultrasound plays an important role above all in patients with Crohns disease, but it could be used in other bowel pathological conditions as well. Due to its non invasiveness, availability and imaging efficiency, it is a suitable imaging modality both in first line diagnostics and in longterm follow up in patients with chronic diseases such as IBD. Ultrasound is able to image not only the bowel wall and to separate bowel wall layers, but also the changes in the surroundings tissue or organs such as mesentery, which is able to increase the sensitivity of the method for disease activity assessment. Recently, there has been a tendency to use ultrasound contrast agents, which should allow a more precise assessment of activity of inflammatory processes. |