Computed tomography enterography findings correlate with tissue inflammation, not fibrosis in resected small bowel Crohnʼs disease

Abstract

CTE findings of mesenteric hypervascularity, mucosal hyperenhancement, and mesenteric fat stranding predict tissue inflammation. However, small bowel stricture without CTE findings of inflammation does not predict the presence of tissue fibrosis. Therefore, caution should be used when using CTE criteria to predict the presence of scar tissue.