Observational Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 14, 2020; 26(38): 5884-5895
Published online Oct 14, 2020. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i38.5884
Comparative study between bowel ultrasound and magnetic resonance enterography among Egyptian inflammatory bowel disease patients
Shimaa Kamel, Mohamed Sakr, Waleed Hamed, Mohamed Eltabbakh, Safaa Askar, Ahmed Bassuny, Rasha Hussein, Ahmed Elbaz
Shimaa Kamel, Mohamed Sakr, Waleed Hamed, Mohamed Eltabbakh, Safaa Askar, Ahmed Bassuny, Ahmed Elbaz, Department of Tropical Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
Rasha Hussein, Department of Radiology, Ain Shams University and MR Unit of Misr Radiology Center, Cairo 11566, Egypt
Author contributions: Kamel S completed study design, bowel ultrasound examination, data collection and data analysis; Sakr M, Hamed W, Eltabbakh M and Askar S reviewed the manuscript for important scientific content; Bassuny A finished data collection; Hussein R reviewed the magnetic resonance imaging scans as an expert radiologist with high experience in inflammatory bowel disease, reviewed and edited radiological part of the manuscript; ElBaz A completed literature search, data analysis and writing the manuscript; all authors have read and approved final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine, Research Ethics Committee Institutional Review Board, No. FWA000017585.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None to declare.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at ahmedelbaz75@gmail.com. Participants gave informed consent for data. No additional data are available.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Ahmed Elbaz, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ain Shams University, Abbasia, Cairo 11566, Egypt. ahmedelbaz75@gmail.com
Received: May 28, 2020
Peer-review started: May 28, 2020
First decision: July 29, 2020
Revised: August 11, 2020
Article in press: September 11, 2020
Published online: October 14, 2020
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are chronic, relapsing inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Medical imaging is decisive for diagnosis bowel lesions with its complications. Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) is one of these imaging techniques. Also, bowel ultrasound is becoming progressively important in management of IBD. Our aim of work in our study is to compare between the role of MRE and bowel ultrasound in diagnosis and follow up of Egyptian IBD patients.