Manuel Betancourt Torres BS, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Laura Cristina Figueroa Diaz BS, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Walter Johans Morales-Borrero BS, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Guido E. Santacana-Laffitte MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Miguel Gabriel Echevarria MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Gory Ballester-Oritz MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Discuss gastrointestinal anatomy. Give an overview of the disease clinical manifestations, progression and pathophysiology. Review common characteristic pathologic bowel changes seen in different imaging modalities. Review imaging of common lesions and correlate with pathological findings. Acknowledge the importance of imaging in the assessment of extraluminal complications, disease distribution, and disease activity, as well as evaluation of unreachable bowel segments proximal to strictures encountered at colonoscopy. Discuss strengths and limitations of imaging in characterizing lesions and assessing bowel damage.

Crohn disease may involve any part of the digestive tract, although small bowel involvement occurs in almost 70% of the patients. It has a relapsing and remitting course, requiring frequent imaging studies to monitor disease activity and complications. We review the radiological features of Chron's disease and its complications (including fistulae, abscesses, fibrotic strictures, adhesions and related neoplasia) with pathological correlation. Knowledge of the radiological features of Crohn disease and its complications is essential for adequate patient management. 

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Betancourt Torres, M, Figueroa Diaz, L, Morales-Borrero, W, Santacana-Laffitte, G, Echevarria, M, Ballester-Oritz, G, Crohn's Disease Complications: A Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14016241.html