Ultrasonographic imaging of inflammatory bowel disease in pediatric patients

Figure 1 Crohn’s disease of the ileocecal region with stenosis of the terminal ileum. A: The normal appendix is shown as well (APP) crossing the iliacal vessels; B: Crohn’s disease of the terminal ileum. Note the symmetric thickening of the bowel wall. AI: Iliacal vessels; Crohn’s disease of the sigmoid colon. Note the asymmetric and segmental thickening of the antimesenteric bowel wall mainly focussed on the submucosal layer (SM); C: Muscularispropria and the lumen are also indicated. TMR: Transmural reaction.