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Využití ultrazvuku v diagnostice onemocnění střev

Title in English The role of ultrasound in diagnostics of bowel disease
Authors

BARTUŠEK Daniel VAVŘÍKOVÁ Markéta HUSTÝ Jakub

Year of publication 2010
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Česká a slovenská gastroenterologie a hepatologie
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Other medical specializations
Keywords imaging methods ? ultrasound ? diagnostics ? follow up ? small bowel ? large bowel
Description This article summarises the possibilities of ultrasound imaging of the small and large bowel. Bowel ultrasound plays an important role above all in patients with Crohns disease, but it could be used in other bowel pathological conditions as well. Due to its non invasiveness, availability and imaging efficiency, it is a suitable imaging modality both in first line diagnostics and in longterm follow up in patients with chronic diseases such as IBD. Ultrasound is able to image not only the bowel wall and to separate bowel wall layers, but also the changes in the surroundings tissue or organs such as mesentery, which is able to increase the sensitivity of the method for disease activity assessment. Recently, there has been a tendency to use ultrasound contrast agents, which should allow a more precise assessment of activity of inflammatory processes.

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