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Goodsall TM, Day AS, Andrews JM, Ruszkiewicz A, Ma C, Bryant RV. Composite Assessment Using Intestinal Ultrasound and Calprotectin Is Accurate in Predicting Histological Activity in Ulcerative Colitis: A Cohort Study. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2024; 30:190-195. [PMID: 36928672 PMCID: PMC10834160 DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izad043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Beyond endoscopic remission, histological remission in ulcerative colitis (UC) is predictive of clinical outcomes. Intestinal ultrasound (IUS) may offer a noninvasive surrogate marker for histological activity; however, there are limited data correlating validated ultrasound and histological indices. AIM Our aim was to determine the correlation of IUS activity in UC with a validated histological activity index. METHODS Twenty-nine prospective, paired, same-day IUS/endoscopy/histology/fecal calprotectin (FC) cases were included. Intestinal ultrasound activity was determined using the Milan Ultrasound Criteria, histological activity using the Nancy Histological Index, endoscopic activity using Mayo endoscopic subscore and Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index of Severity, and clinical activity using the Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Score. RESULTS Histological activity demonstrated a significant linear association with overall IUS activity (coefficient 0.14; 95% CI, 0.03-0.25; P = .011). Intestinal ultrasound activity was also significantly associated with endoscopic activity (0.32; 95% CI, 0.14-0.49; P < 0.001), total Mayo score (0.31; 95% CI, 0.02-0.60; P = .036) but not FC (0.10; 95% CI, -0.01 to 0.21; P = .064) or clinical disease activity (0.04; 95% CI, -0.21 to 0.28; P = .768). A composite of IUS and FC showed the greatest association (1.31; 95% CI, 0.43-2.18; P = .003) and accurately predicted histological activity in 88% of cases (P = .007), with sensitivity of 88%, specificity 80%, positive predictive value 95%, and negative predictive value 57%. CONCLUSIONS Intestinal ultrasound is an accurate noninvasive marker of histological disease activity in UC, the accuracy of which is further enhanced when used in composite with FC. This can reduce the need for colonoscopy in routine care by supporting accurate point-of-care decision-making in patients with UC.
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- Thomas M Goodsall
- IBD Service, Department of Gastroenterology, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia
- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
- IBD Service, Department of Gastroenterology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
- IBD Service, Department of Gastroenterology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
- IBD Service, Department of Gastroenterology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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Hata J, Imamura H. The Use of Transabdominal Ultrasound in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Korean J Radiol 2022; 23:308-321. [PMID: 35213095 PMCID: PMC8876649 DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2021.0692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Transabdominal ultrasound (TAUS) is useful in all aspects of lesion screening, monitoring activity, or treating/diagnosing any related complications of inflammatory bowel disease. Its ability to screen or diagnose complications is almost the same as that of other methods, such as CT or MRI. Moreover, its noninvasiveness makes it a first-line examination method. A TAUS image depicting ulcerative colitis will show large intestinal wall thickening that is continuous from the rectum, which is mainly due to mucosal layer thickening, while for Crohn’s disease, a TAUS image is characterized by a diversity in the areas affected, distribution, and layer structure. Indicators of activity monitoring include wall thickness, wall structure, and vascular tests that use Doppler ultrasound or contrast agents. While all of these have been reported to be useful, at this time, no single parameter has been established as superior to others; therefore, a comprehensive evaluation of these parameters is justified. In addition, evaluating the elasticity of lesions using elastography is particularly useful for distinguishing between fibrous and inflammatory stenoses. However, the lack of objectivity is the biggest drawback of using ultrasound. Standardizing and popularizing the ultrasound process will be necessary, including scanning methods, equipment settings, and image analysis.
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- Jiro Hata
- Division of Endoscopy and Ultrasound, Department of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
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- Division of Endoscopy and Ultrasound, Department of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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Celikyay F, Yuksekkaya R, Yuksekkaya M, Kefeli A. Color Doppler Ultrasound Assessment of Clinical Activity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Curr Med Imaging 2020; 17:741-750. [PMID: 33371856 DOI: 10.2174/0929867328666201228124621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 10/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) are two varieties of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Clinicians need a monitoring technique in the IBD. The disease activity can be assessed with endoscopy, activity indexes, and imaging techniques. Color Doppler US (CDUS) is also a non-invasive, radiation, and contrast material free examination which shows the intramural blood flow. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the usefulness of B-mode, CDUS, and a newly developed software Color Quantification (CQ) to determine the activity of the IBD. METHODS The disease activity was assessed by clinical activity indexes. Caecum, terminal ileum, ascending colon, transverse colon, and descending colon were evaluated by B-mode, CDUS, and the CQ. Bowel wall thickness (BWT), loss of bowel stratification, loss of haustration, and the presence of enlarged lymph nodes, mesenteric masses, abscesses, fistula, visual vascular signal patterns of the bowel as "hypo and hyper-flow" and the CQ values were investigated. BWT was compared with laboratory results and clinical activities. Vascular signal patterns and the CQ values were compared with BWT and clinical activity. The diagnostic performances of the CQ were investigated. RESULTS Fifty-two patients with IBD were evaluated. Patients with increased BWT at the transverse colon had an increased frequency of "hyper-flow" pattern. Clinically active patients had an increased incidence of "hyper-flow" pattern at the terminal ileum, ascending colon, and whole segments. They had increased CQ values at the terminal ileum, ascending colon, and descending colon, and whole segments. A cut-off value for the CQ (24.7%) was obtained at the terminal ileum. In the diagnostic performances of CQ, we observed utilities significantly at the ascending colon, descending colon, terminal ileum, and whole segments. There was a positive correlation between the CQ values and BWT at the caecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, and descending colon. CONCLUSION Increased visual vascular signal scores and CQ values might be useful for monitoring the disease activity in patients with IBD.
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- F Celikyay
- Department of Radiology, Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine, Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine, Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroentereology, Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine, Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey
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Smith RL, Taylor KM, Friedman AB, Gibson RN, Gibson PR. Systematic Review: Clinical Utility of Gastrointestinal Ultrasound in the Diagnosis, Assessment and Management of Patients With Ulcerative Colitis. J Crohns Colitis 2020; 14:465-479. [PMID: 31562739 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjz163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Gastrointestinal ultrasound is useful in the assessment of patients with Crohn's disease, but its application in ulcerative colitis [UC] is less well established. Here we systematically review the role of gastrointestinal ultrasound in patients with UC. METHODS Searches of the PUBMED and EMBASE databases were performed with the following search strategy: [ultrasound OR sonography] AND [intestinal OR bowel] AND [ulcerative colitis OR inflammatory bowel disease]. The final search was performed in August 2019. RESULTS Of 6769 studies identified in the search with a further two studies found from other sources, 50 studies met the inclusion criteria. Increased bowel wall thickness and detection of increased blood flow by colour Doppler were the most often applied criteria for defining disease activity and distribution. When compared with other reference investigations, gastrointestinal ultrasound accurately determined disease extent, severity and response to medical therapy. While further information can be obtained from haemodynamic measurements of the abdominal vessels and contrast-enhanced ultrasound, their clinical value was uncertain. Likewise, hydrocolonic sonography has few advantages over standard gastrointestinal ultrasound examination. Of several scoring systems proposed, there is disparity between the measures and a general lack of validation. There has been limited application of gastrointestinal ultrasound in acute severe ulcerative colitis with toxic megacolon, and, while performing well in children, normal limits differ from those in adults. CONCLUSION Current evidence indicates that gastrointestinal ultrasound has utility in the non-invasive assessment of patients with UC. Continued advances in technology with better image resolution, validation of scoring systems and application at the point of care by gastroenterologists are likely to contribute to increased use of gastrointestinal ultrasound in routine clinical practice.
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- Rebecca L Smith
- Department of Gastroenterology, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital and The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Puylaert CAJ, Tielbeek JAW, Bipat S, Stoker J. Grading of Crohn's disease activity using CT, MRI, US and scintigraphy: a meta-analysis. Eur Radiol 2015; 25:3295-313. [PMID: 26080794 PMCID: PMC4595539 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3737-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2014] [Revised: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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PURPOSE To assess the grading of Crohn's disease activity using CT, MRI, US and scintigraphy. MATERIALS AND METHODS MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane databases were searched (January 1983-March 2014) for studies evaluating CT, MRI, US and scintigraphy in grading Crohn's disease activity compared to endoscopy, biopsies or intraoperative findings. Two independent reviewers assessed the data. Three-by-three tables (none, mild, frank disease) were constructed for all studies, and estimates of accurate, over- and under-grading were calculated/summarized by fixed or random effects models. RESULTS Our search yielded 9356 articles, 19 of which were included. Per-patient data showed accurate grading values for CT, MRI, US and scintigraphy of 86% (95% CI: 75-93%), 84% (95% CI: 67-93%), 44% (95% CI: 28-61%) and 40% (95% CI: 16-70%), respectively. In the per-patient analysis, CT and MRI showed similar accurate grading estimates (P = 0.8). Per-segment data showed accurate grading values for CT and scintigraphy of 87% (95% CI: 77-93%) and 86% (95% CI: 80-91%), respectively. MRI and US showed grading accuracies of 67-82% and 56-75%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS CT and MRI showed comparable high accurate grading estimates in the per-patient analysis. Results for US and scintigraphy were inconsistent, and limited data were available. KEY POINTS • CT and MRI have comparable high accuracy in grading Crohn's disease. • Data on US and scintigraphy is inconsistent and limited. • MRI is preferable over CT as it lacks ionizing radiation exposure.
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- C A J Puylaert
- Academic Medical Center, Department of Radiology, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105AZ, The Netherlands.
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- Academic Medical Center, Department of Radiology, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105AZ, The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Center, Department of Radiology, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105AZ, The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Center, Department of Radiology, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105AZ, The Netherlands
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Transabdominal bowel sonography is a fast, efficient, and cheap way of examining the intestines. It is also virtually hazard-free and well accepted by patients. During the last 20 years, it has been established as a procedure for detecting bowel disease early in the diagnostic workup. Although rather unspecific, the method is sensitive for detection of bowel disease and can be applied to find the extent and location of inflammatory bowel disease. In patients with known ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease, it can also be used for follow-up because it is easily repeatable and radiation-free. Because it can be applied to find both intraluminal and peri-intestinal pathological features, it is a particularly valuable tool for the detection of complications of Crohn disease as stenosis, fistulas, and abscesses. Neither B-mode nor Doppler techniques have been proven obviously useful in categorizing disease activity, but new techniques using intravenous contrast might come closer to solving this question. Finally, recent longitudinal studies using transabdominal bowel sonography show that it can also give important prognostic information and be used for monitoring the effect of therapy.
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Kratzer W, von Tirpitz C, Mason R, Reinshagen M, Adler G, Möller P, Rieber A, Kächele V. Contrast-enhanced power Doppler sonography of the intestinal wall in the differentiation of hypervascularized and hypovascularized intestinal obstructions in patients with Crohn's disease. J Ultrasound Med 2002; 21:149-159. [PMID: 11833871 DOI: 10.7863/jum.2002.21.2.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To use power Doppler sonography to quantify the vascularization in the area of stenosed bowel segments in patients with Crohn's disease and to draw conclusions from these findings with regard to the development of these stenoses. METHODS The study collective included 11 patients with confirmed Crohn's disease and sonographically visualized stenoses of the small bowel together with intermittent abdominal cramping as a clinical correlate. Power mode examination was repeated after application of a sonographic signal-enhancing agent. Semiquantitative evaluation based on the sonographically indicated degree of vascularization led to the presumptive diagnosis of either inflammatory or cicatricial intestinal obstruction. Sonographic diagnoses were compared with the findings of surgery and subsequent histologic examination or with patients' clinical responses to conservative therapy. RESULTS Nine of 11 patients underwent surgery within 1 year of examination. All 3 cases in which sonography had facilitated the diagnosis of cicatricial stenosis were confirmed at postoperative histologic examination; similarly, the surgical and histologic findings in the other 6 patients confirmed the sonographic diagnosis of inflammatory stenosis. CONCLUSIONS Power Doppler sonography in combination with the use of a signal-enhancing agent appears to be effective in the recognition of predominantly cicatricial stenoses in patients with Crohn's disease.
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