Current role of capsule endoscopy in Crohn’s disease

Figure 3 A diagnostic protocol for suspected Crohn’s disease[127]. When CD is suspected ileocolonoscopy should be the first study to be performed, with capsule endoscopy ensuing when results are normal, unsatisfactory or not are achieved Ileoscopy. If intestinal stenosis is suspected, a test capsule should be used to confirm the feasibility of capsule endoscopy. CD: Crohn's disease; MRE: Enterography with nuclear magnetic resonance.