Intermediate
Disease-Specific Findings
Module 2 of SGA's reference curriculum on intestinal ultrasound. Applies the fundamentals to real disease: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis sonographic patterns, penetrating and stricturing complications, mesenteric fat and lymph node changes, and the differential diagnosis of bowel wall thickening.
6
Lessons
9
Hours
12
CME
20
Questions
Learning Objectives
Recognize the characteristic sonographic pattern of active Crohn's disease across affected segments
Recognize the characteristic sonographic pattern of ulcerative colitis and its extent
Differentiate inflammatory from fibrotic strictures and grade stenosis severity
Identify and characterize fistulae, abscesses, and inflammatory masses
Interpret mesenteric fat hypertrophy and mesenteric lymphadenopathy
Apply a structured differential diagnosis when bowel wall thickening is not typical of IBD