title: [Vesico-intestinal fistula in Crohn disease: the role of echography in its diagnosis].
abstract: Ultrasound is in widespread use in the study of gastrointestinal pathologies. In Crohn disease it is helpful in diagnosing complications such as thickening of the bowel loop walls, abscesses, lymph node enlargement and vesical-enteric fistulas. This report presents two cases in which vesical-enteric fistulas were visualized by US; confirming a diagnosis of Crohn's disease in one case, and diagnosing the fistula during the follow-up in the second patient in whom Crohn's disease had previously been diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Urologica Università di Perugia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rosi
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Valli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marzi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Biscotto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silvani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zucchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001747:Urinary Bladder Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Fistole vescico-enteriche in corso di morbo di Crohn: ruolo dell'ecografia nella diagnosi.