Diagnosing Inflammatory Bowel Disease and differentiating from potential mimics

The initial diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) requires multiple diagnostic modalities, however endoscopic evaluation is considered the gold standard diagnostic test. Endoscopic evaluation includes colonoscopy with ileoscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, enteroscopy, and capsule endoscopy. IBD encompasses Crohn ′s disease, Ulcerative colitis, and IBD-unclassified. Colonoscopy with ileoscopy and biopsy collection is essential in the vast majority of IBD cases for diagnosis, and to rule out alternative diagnoses that may mimic IBD including ischemia, diverticulitis, segmental colitis associated with divert iculosis, neoplasia, radiation enteritis, and drug-induced colitis.
Source: Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: SI: Imaging in IBD Source Type: research