Full Description
This book provides a unique comparison between gastrointestinal ultrasound (GIUS) and endoscopy for the assessment of intestinal bowel disease (IBD).
GIUS is a valuable non-invasive tool in the management of IBD that has the potential to shift clinical practice paradigm. Currently underused in clinical practice, GIUS complements conventional endoscopy and cross-sectional imaging.One of the key challenges in facilitating the uptake of GIUS in the routine clinical practice has been the lack of an internationally recognized training curriculum. This edited atlas will be an invaluable source of information on the relevance of GIUS investigation in IBD patients, compared with endoscopy findings.
IBD being one of the cornerstone topics in gastroenterology, gastroenterologists, internists and radiologists need to acquire competence with GIUS as the technique of choice for the immediate and objective evaluation of the abdomen.
Contents
1. Normal ultrasound of gastrointestinal tract.- 2. Ultrasound in Crohn's disease: Role of IUS in identifying Crohn's disease.- 3. Role of IUS in assessing disease activity and in the evaluating the response to treatment in Crohn's disease.- 4. Ultrasound in complicated Crohn's disease: Stenosis, Fistulae and abscesses.- 5. Ultrasound evaluation in Ulcerative Colitis: specific and differential characteristics from a Crohn's colitis:.- 6. Role of IUS in assessing disease activity and in the evaluating the response to treatment in Ulcerative Colitis.- 7. Role of IUS in the differential diagnosis with other colitis.- 8. Transperineal ultrasound.- 9. Ultrasound in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 10. Other ultrasonographic intestinal findings in pediatric patients.- 11. Serendipity encounters: unexpected findings in IBD patients.
