Intestinal Ultrasound Combined with Blood Inflammatory Markers Is a More Efficient Tool in Evaluating Severity of Crohn’s Disease: A Pilot Study

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This female CD patient was 20 years old, and the patient had clinically inactive CD (), which was characterized by diarrhea. In our examinations, this was a non-moderate-severe CD. The SES-CD and IBUS-SAS were 3 and 18.3 points, respectively. The serious segmental was the sigmoid colon. Application of the segmental activity and severity scores. (a, b) Bowel wall thickness (BWT): In longitudinal and cross-section orientations, BWT measurements were performed, and two measurement values were given in each orientation, . (c) Blood flow/color Doppler signal . Bowel wall stratification, inflammatory fat (d), and (e) endoscopic image showing several aphthaes (arrow). .