The Use of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Review of the Literature

Răzvan-Cristian Statie; Dan Nicolae Florescu; Dan-Ionuț Gheonea; Bogdan Silviu Ungureanu; Sevastița Iordache; Ion Rogoveanu; Tudorel Ciurea

doi:10.3390/diagnostics13030568

The Use of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Review of the Literature

Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 Feb 3;13(3):568. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics13030568.

Authors

Răzvan-Cristian Statie^{1

2}, Dan Nicolae Florescu^{1

2}, Dan-Ionuț Gheonea^{1

2}, Bogdan Silviu Ungureanu^{1

2}, Sevastița Iordache^{1

2}, Ion Rogoveanu^{1

2}, Tudorel Ciurea^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania.
² Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200638 Craiova, Romania.

Abstract

The diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can sometimes be challenging. By corroborating clinical, imaging and histological data, the two main entities of IBD, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease (CD), can be differentiated in most cases. However, there remains 10-20% of patients where the diagnosis cannot be accurately established, in which case the term "IBD unclassified" is used. The imaging techniques most used to evaluate patients with IBD include colonoscopy, ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging. Endoscopic ultrasonography is mainly recommended for the evaluation of perianal CD. Through this work, we aim to identify other uses of this method in the case of patients with IBD.

Keywords: Crohn’s disease; endoscopic ultrasound; inflammatory bowel disease; ulcerative colitis; ultrasonography.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.