Diagnostic Modalities in Crohn's Disease.

Intro -- DIAGNOSTIC MODALITIES IN CROHN'S DISEASE -- DIAGNOSTIC MODALITIES IN CROHN'S DISEASE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- SECTION I: CROHN'S DISEASE -- Chapter I ETIOPATHOGENESIS -- INTRODUCTION -- GENETICS -- THE LUMINAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL BARRIER -- THE IMMUNE RESPONSE -- CELL TRAFFICKING -- THE INFECTIOUS THEORY -- ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS -- CONCLUSIVE REMARKS AND A PEEK TO THE FUTURE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter II EPIDEMIOLOGY -- INTRODUCTION -- INCIDENCE -- PREVALENCE -- MORTALITY -- SEX AND AGE DISTRIBUTION -- ETHNICITY -- RISK FACTORS -- THE "HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS" -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter III PATHOLOGY AND CLINICAL FEATURES -- PATHOLOGY -- CLINICAL PICTURE -- LABORATORY MARKERS -- COMPLICATIONS -- ACTIVITY AND SEVERITY ASSESSMENT -- CLASSIFICATION OF CROHN'S DISEASE -- CLINICAL COURSE -- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION II: ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS -- Chapter IV ILEOCOLONOSCOPY -- INTRODUCTION -- CLINICAL INDICATION -- SAFETY -- BOWEL CLEANSING -- REASONS FOR INCOMPLETE EXAMINATIONS -- LESIONAL PATTERN IN CROHN'S DISEASE -- ENDOSCOPIC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS -- ENDOSCOPIC ASSESSMENT OF DISEASE EXTENT AND SEVERIT -- ENDOSCOPIC ASSESSMENT OF DISEASE RECURRENCE -- ENDOSCOPIC DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS -- Stricture -- Bleeding -- Cancer Surveillance -- REFERENCES -- Chapter V ENTEROSCOPY -- INTRODUCTION -- CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY -- How does it Work? -- Accuracy of Capsule Endoscopy in Crohn's Disease -- Suspect and Established Crohn's Disease -- Unclassified Colitis -- Recurrence after Surgical Resection -- Advantages and Shortcomings of Capsule Endoscopy -- The Detection of Crohn's Disease by Capsule Endoscopy: Special Issues -- Patency Capsule -- CONCLUSION -- DOUBLE-BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY -- The Device -- Technique of Insertion (Push and Pull Enteroscopy) -- Complications.

Role of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy in Small Bowel Crohn's Disease -- SINGLE-BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SECTION III: RADIOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS -- Chapter VI CONTRASTOGRAPHIC RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING -- INTRODUCTION -- TECHNIQUES -- Small Bowel Follow-Through (SBFT) -- Small-Bowel Enema or Enteroclysis -- Air-Contrast Bowel Enema -- RADIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS -- Non specific signs (figure 4.6) -- Specific signs (figure 5.6) -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter VII COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING -- INTRODUCTION -- TECHNIQUE -- CT FEATURES -- Mural Hyper-Enhancement -- Wall Thickening -- Location and Length of Involvement -- Extraintestinal Findings -- Complications -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter VIII MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING -- INTRODUCTION -- CROSS-SECTIONAL IMAGING -- TECHNIQUE -- SIGNS AND DISEASE ACTIVITY CORRELATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter IX INTESTINAL ULTRASOUND -- INTRODUCTION -- PATHOLOGICAL AND ULTRASONOGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS -- Bowel Wall Thickening -- Bowel Wall Echo Pattern -- Bowel Wall Vascularity -- Bowel Motility -- Mesenteric Hypertrophy, Effusion and Lymph Node Enlargement -- Diagnosis of Complications: Stenosis, Fistula and Abscess -- LIMITATIONS AND COLLOCATION OF ULTRASOUND IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CROHN'S DISEASE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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