Arch Dis Child 1997;76:428-431 ( May )
Computed tomography in chronic inflammatory bowel disease
W Hyer,a
R M Beattie,b
J A Walker-Smith,c
A McLeand
a Department of Paediatrics, Northwick Park Hospital,
Harrow, Middlesex, b Department of Paediatrics,
Peterborough District Hospital, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, c Academic Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology,
Royal Free Hospital, London, d Department of Radiology, St Bartholomew's
Hospital, London
Correspondence to: Dr R
M Beattie, Peterborough District Hospital, Thorpe Road, Peterborough
PE3 6DA.
Accepted 30 January 1997
In children with complicated inflammatory bowel disease,
conventional ultrasound imaging may not define the extent of
extraluminal disease and the involvement of other viscera. Three
children with chronic inflammatory bowel disease are presented, where
computed tomography was well tolerated and provided valuable
information on extraluminal disease, involvement of other organs, and
the state of the bowel wall and mesentery. In children in whom
ultrasound examination is inconclusive or limited by gas or tenderness,
computed tomography can provide important information that may
determine clinical management.
Keywords:
Crohn's disease;
computed tomography
© 1997 by Archives of Disease in Childhood
