ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Med.
Sec. Gastroenterology
Diagnostic Performance of Intestinal Ultrasound Compared with CT Enterography in Crohn’s Disease: Single-Center Experience
Provisionally accepted
- Department of Ultrasound Imaging Medicine, Zhuhai People's Hospital, Zhuhai, China
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Aim: This research aimed to clarify diagnostic value of transabdominal bowel ultrasonography (TBUS) examination for location of Crohn's disease (CD) lesions and their complications relative to computed tomography enterography (CTE). Methods: Retrospective analysis of clinical data of 100 patients diagnosed with CD in our hospital from February 2022 to December 2023 received conduction. All patients underwent regular treatment after diagnosis, and CTE and TBUS examinations received performance at a 6-month (±2 weeks) follow-up after diagnosis. The efficacy of CTE examination and TBUS examination in diagnosing CD and its complications received comparison through clinical diagnosis as final criterion and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves received drawing for diagnosis. Results: The sensitivity of both diagnostic methods for intestinal wall thickening was 96.94% (95/98), indicating no statistical significance (P > 0.05). No statistical significance in diagnostic efficacy in diagnosing CD complicated with intestinal stenosis exhibited between two examination methods (P > 0.05). No statistical significance in diagnostic efficacy in diagnosing CD complicated with intestinal fistula exhibited between two examination methods (P > 0.05). No statistical significance in diagnostic efficacy in diagnosing CD complicated with abdominal abscess exhibited between two examination methods (P > 0.05). Conclusion: TBUS examination can achieve diagnostic results comparable to CTE, clearly displaying lesion site and intestinal segment structure of CD patients, and it exerts unique advantages in detecting extraintestinal complications. Thus, TBUS examination possesses high value in CD assisted diagnosis and follow-up.
Keywords: Crohn's disease, transabdominal bowel ultrasonography, computedtomography enterography, Diagnostic efficacy, Ultrasound Imaging Medicine
Received: 15 Sep 2025; Accepted: 20 Nov 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhao, Fu, Wang, Wei and Liu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Dan Liu, lemondan2024@163.com
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