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ArticleInflammatory bowel diseases2025

Endoscopic Skipping, Stricturing, and Penetrating Complications in Crohn's Disease on Tandem Ileo-colonoscopy and Cross-sectional Imaging: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Virginia Solitano, Sudheer Kumar Vuyyuru, Achuthan Aruljothy, Maan Alkhattabi, Joshua Zou, Melanie Beaton, Jamie Gregor, Zahra Kassam, Rocio Sedano, Harry Marshall and 3 more

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Article in Inflammatory bowel diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Virginia SolitanoDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Western University Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2935-6778
Sudheer Kumar VuyyuruDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Western University Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario, Canada.
Achuthan AruljothyDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Western University Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario, Canada.
Maan AlkhattabiDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Western University Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario, Canada.
Joshua ZouDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Melanie BeatonDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Western University Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario, Canada.
Jamie GregorDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Western University Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario, Canada.
Zahra KassamDepartment of Medical Imaging, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Rocio SedanoDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Western University Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario, Canada.
Harry MarshallDepartment of Medical Imaging, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Darryl RamsewakDepartment of Medical Imaging, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Michael SeyDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Western University Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario, Canada.
Vipul JairathDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Western University Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1092-0033

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCrohn's disease (CD) is characterized by discontinuous inflammation. Failure to identify skipping lesions of the terminal ileum (TI) or transmural changes can lead to incorrect management.

methodsEligible adult patients with CD undergoing ileo-colonoscopy and computed tomography enterography or magnetic resonance enterography within 6 months. We determined the prevalence of endoscopic skipping (normal ileum on colonoscopy but proximal small bowel inflammation on cross-sectional imaging), skip lesions (discontinuous inflammation along the gastrointestinal tract identified on cross-sectional imaging), structuring, and penetrating complications.

resultsAmong 202 patients, 45 (22.3%) had endoscopic skipping proximal to TI intubation. Fifty patients (24.5%) had small bowel skip lesions, primarily in the ileum. Strictures were identified in 34 patients (16.8%) through both imaging and ileo-colonoscopy, in 21 patients (10.4%) solely through cross-sectional imaging, and in 3 patients (1.5%) solely through ileo-colonoscopy. Approximately 36.2% of stricturing cases would be missed without cross-sectional imaging. Penetrating complications, including abscesses (2.5%) and various fistula types (4.9%), were detected in 15 (7.4%) patients.

conclusionsIleo-colonoscopy missed detection of active CD in approximately one-fifth of cases due to more proximal disease location. Stricturing disease might be missed in more than a third of cases if cross-sectional imaging is not performed.

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ColonoscopyCrohn DiseaseIleumAdultAgedConstriction, PathologicCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray Computeddiagnosisendoscopic skippinginflammatory bowel diseasepenetrating complications

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PMID39215597
PMCPMC12166302

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