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Endoscopic ultrasound of the colon for the differentiation of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in comparison with healthy controls.

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BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is based on clinical presentation, colonoscopy and histology. Differentiation of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) can be difficult in some patients. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) provides high resolution images of the gastrointestinal wall (GI) and may be an alternative to differentiate CD/UC. AIM:EUS of the GI layers in patients with IBD and healthy controls (HC) for the differential diagnosis of UC/CD in a prospective, blinded study. METHODS:Consecutive patients with CD, UC or HC underwent EUS in the mid sigmoid colon with a forward-viewing radial echoendoscope. Mucosal, submucosal, total wall thickness (TWT) and locoregional lymphnodes (LN) were assessed by EUS in a blinded fashion. TWT was correlated with macroscopic IBD scores and histological inflammation scores. RESULTS:Total wall thickness of 61 HC was 1.71 ± 0.02 mm, and 3.51 ± 0.15 mm in n = 52 with active IBD. In patients with active UC significant thickening of the mucosa was observed but nearly normal submucosa and m.propria. In active CD significant thickening of the submucosal layer was seen with nearly normal mucosa and m.propria [MucosaUC = 2.08 ± 0.11 mm, MucosaCD = 1.32 ± 0.17 mm (P = 0.0001); SubmucosaUC = 1.01 ± 0.08 mm, SubmucosaCD = 2.01 ± 0.22 mm (P = 0.0001)]. In 73.7% of patients with active CD, but in none with UC, paracolonic lymph nodes were detected. When mucosal-submucosal and TWT and LNs were combined, the sensitivity was 92.3% for the differentiation of active UC/CD. There was a strong correlation of TWT with histological inflammation scores (UC: r = 0.43; CD: r = 0.69). CONCLUSIONS:Increased total wall thickness has a high positive predictive value for active IBD. EUS can differentiate active UC from CD and quantify the level of colonic inflammation.

journal_name

Aliment Pharmacol Ther

journal_title

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors

Ellrichmann M,Wietzke-Braun P,Dhar S,Nikolaus S,Arlt A,Bethge J,Kuehbacher T,Wintermeyer L,Balschun K,Klapper W,Schreiber S,Fritscher-Ravens A

doi

10.1111/apt.12671

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-04-01 00:00:00

pages

823-33

issue

eissn

0269-2813

issn

1365-2036

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Endoscopic ultrasound of the colon for the differentiation of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in comparison with healthy controls.