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Ultrasound Case 040

Presentation

A 22 year old man presents with abdominal pain and diarrhoea. He has 3 months of intermittent diarrhoea sometimes with blood, accompanied with weight loss and abdominal discomfort.

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Describe and interpret these scans
IMAGE INTERPRETATION

Image 1: Left iliac fossa, transducer aligned along descending colon. There is a segment of thickened aperistaltic bowel wall with thickness of 6mm (normal ≤3mm). There is loss of the normal haustra coli.

Image 2: Addition of Colour Doppler. There is transmural hypervascularity.

Image 3: There is associated mesenteric lymphadenopathy.

Image 4: Left iliac fossa, transverse view of descending colon.

Image 5: Layers of the bowel wall.

LITFL Top 100 Ultrasound 040 05 Chron's disease Layers of the bowel wall

CLINICAL CORRELATION

Inflammatory bowel disease – Crohn’s disease

Differentiating ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease is generally done histologically. However, there are ultrasound features which may guide the clinician toward a favored diagnosis.

Ultrasonographic findings in Crohn's disease. J Ultrasound. 2014
Ultrasonographic findings in Crohn’s disease. J Ultrasound. 2014

Carnevale Maffè G, Brunetti L, Formagnana P, Corazza GR. Ultrasonographic findings in Crohn’s disease. J Ultrasound. 2014 May 24;18(1):37-49. [PMC4353828]


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