ULCERATIVE-COLITIS AND CROHNS-DISEASE - DIAGNOSIS BY WATER ENEMA ECHOGRAPHY

Water enema procures a suitable acoustic window for ultrasonographic s tudy of the colon, allowing a detail vision of the lumen and colon wal l, as well as large bowell intestine surround connective tissue. In th is work we present echographic findings in two patients with active an d severe intestinal inflammatory disease. Ultrasound scanning results were confirmed by colonoscoy and histologic test. Distinction between ulcerative colitis and colonic Crohn's disease is possible because of different echographic pattern. This findings show than colonic echogra phy may be a very useful diagnostic technique in detection and differe ntation of inflammatory large bowel diseases.