Computed tomography enterography increases the ability of endoscopy to differentiate Crohn's disease from intestinal Behcet's disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Distinguishing Crohn's disease (CD) and intestinal Behçet's disease (BD) is difficult in clinical practice.

Aim

To evaluate the ability of CT enterography (CTE) to enhance the diagnostic value of endoscopy in differentiating CD from intestinal BD and to establish differential diagnosis models.

Methods

A total of 113 patients with CD and 70 patients with intestinal BD from seven tertiary inflammatory bowel disease centers were enrolled. The univariate and multivariate analyses were used by SAS software version 9.2. Three differential scoring models based on the multivariate analysis of endoscopic features alone (model 1), endoscopic features combined with clinical symptoms (model 2), and endoscopic features combined with clinical symptoms and CTE (model 3) w

SUBMITTER: Yang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9433799 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature