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A [[barium follow-through|small bowel follow-through]] may suggest the diagnosis of Crohn's disease and is useful when the disease involves only the small intestine. Because colonoscopy and [[Esophagogastroduodenoscopy|gastroscopy]] allow direct visualization of only the terminal ileum and beginning of the [[duodenum]], they cannot be used to evaluate the remainder of the small intestine. As a result, a [[barium follow-through]] x-ray, wherein [[barium sulfate]] suspension is ingested and [[fluoroscopy|fluoroscopic]] images of the bowel are taken over time, is useful for looking for inflammation and narrowing of the small bowel.<!-- | A [[barium follow-through|small bowel follow-through]] may suggest the diagnosis of Crohn's disease and is useful when the disease involves only the small intestine. Because colonoscopy and [[Esophagogastroduodenoscopy|gastroscopy]] allow direct visualization of only the terminal ileum and beginning of the [[duodenum]], they cannot be used to evaluate the remainder of the small intestine. As a result, a [[barium follow-through]] x-ray, wherein [[barium sulfate]] suspension is ingested and [[fluoroscopy|fluoroscopic]] images of the bowel are taken over time, is useful for looking for inflammation and narrowing of the small bowel.<!-- | ||
--><ref name="Hara2006">{{cite journal | last = Hara | first = Amy K. | coauthors = Jonathan A. Leighton, Russell I. Heigh, Virender K. Sharma, Alvin C. Silva, Giovanni De Petris, Joseph G. Hentz and David E. Fleischer | year = 2006 | month = January | title = Crohn disease of the small bowel: preliminary comparison among CT enterography, capsule endoscopy, small-bowel follow-through, and ileoscopy | journal = Radiology | volume = 238 | issue = 1 | pages = 128-34 | doi =10.1148/radiol.2381050296 | id = PMID 16373764 }}</ref><!-- | --><ref name="Hara2006">{{cite journal | last = Hara | first = Amy K. | coauthors = Jonathan A. Leighton, Russell I. Heigh, Virender K. Sharma, Alvin C. Silva, Giovanni De Petris, Joseph G. Hentz and David E. Fleischer | year = 2006 | month = January | title = Crohn disease of the small bowel: preliminary comparison among CT enterography, capsule endoscopy, small-bowel follow-through, and ileoscopy | journal = Radiology | volume = 238 | issue = 1 | pages = 128-34 | doi =10.1148/radiol.2381050296 | id = PMID 16373764 }}</ref><!-- | ||
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--><ref>{{cite journal | last = Carucci | first = L. R. | coauthors = M. S. Levine | year = 2002 | month = march | title = Radiographic imaging of inflammatory bowel disease | journal = Gastroenterology Clinics of North America | volume = 31 | issue = 1 | pages = 93-117 | id = PMID 12122746 }}</ref> | --><ref>{{cite journal | last = Carucci | first = L. R. | coauthors = M. S. Levine | year = 2002 | month = march | title = Radiographic imaging of inflammatory bowel disease | journal = Gastroenterology Clinics of North America | volume = 31 | issue = 1 | pages = 93-117 | id = PMID 12122746 }}</ref> | ||
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Overview
Other Imaging Findings
Barium Studies
A small bowel follow-through may suggest the diagnosis of Crohn's disease and is useful when the disease involves only the small intestine. Because colonoscopy and gastroscopy allow direct visualization of only the terminal ileum and beginning of the duodenum, they cannot be used to evaluate the remainder of the small intestine. As a result, a barium follow-through x-ray, wherein barium sulfate suspension is ingested and fluoroscopic images of the bowel are taken over time, is useful for looking for inflammation and narrowing of the small bowel.[1][2] Barium enemas, in which barium is inserted into the rectum and fluoroscopy used to image the bowel, are rarely used in the work-up of Crohn's disease due to the advent of colonoscopy. They remain useful for identifying anatomical abnormalities when strictures of the colon are too small for a colonoscope to pass through, or in the detection of colonic fistulae.[3]
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Pseudosacculations in Crohn's disease
References
- ↑ Hara, Amy K. (2006). "Crohn disease of the small bowel: preliminary comparison among CT enterography, capsule endoscopy, small-bowel follow-through, and ileoscopy". Radiology. 238 (1): 128–34. doi:10.1148/radiol.2381050296. PMID 16373764. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Dixon, P.M. (1993). "The small bowel enema: a ten year review". Clinical Radiology. 47 (1): 46–8. doi:10.1016/S0009-9260(05)81213-9. PMID 8428417. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Carucci, L. R. (2002). "Radiographic imaging of inflammatory bowel disease". Gastroenterology Clinics of North America. 31 (1): 93–117. PMID 12122746. Unknown parameter
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