Enteroscopy in children and adults with inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) includes Crohn’s disease (CD), ulcerative
colitis and unclassified entities. CD commonly involves the terminal ileum and
colon but at the time of diagnosis it can be confined to the small bowel (SB) in
about 30% of the patients, especially in the young ones. Management of isolated
SB-CD can be challenging and objective evaluation of the SB mucosa is essential in
differentiating CD from other enteropathies to achieve therapeutic decisions and