Tom A Watson, Philippe Petit, Thomas A Augdal, E Fred Avni, Costanza Bruno, M Beatrice Damasio, Kassa Darge, Damjana Kjucevsek, Stéphanie Franchi-Abella, Donald Ibe, Annemieke Littooij, Luisa Lobo, Hans J Mentzel, Marcelo Napolitano, Aikaterini Ntoulia, Michael Riccabona, Samuel Stafrace, Magdalena Wozniak, Lil-Sofie Ording Müller
Very early onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD) is defined as disease presenting before the age of 6. These children require a tailored imaging approach because conventional imaging studies can be difficult to perform at such a young age. Unlike inflammatory bowel disease in older children and adults, colonic disease predominates in VEO-IBD, and small-bowel disease is rare. Distinguishing Crohn disease from ulcerative colitis is challenging both clinically and on histology. Radiology offers the greatest utility for detecting small-bowel disease because it helps to distinguish the two main disease entities and guide clinical management...
March 27, 2019: Pediatric Radiology