title: The Role of PET/CT in the Monitoring and Diagnosis of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
abstract: Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases that affect the digestive tract. Major progresses have been made in our comprehension the underlying molecular substrate of these diseases, and therapeutic algorithms have greatly changed over the past decade. In this article, we review the various methods for monitoring the activity of inflammatory bowel disease, with a particular emphasis on [F-18]2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose PET and PET/CT imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Liège, Campus Universitaire du Sart Tilman B35, 4000 Liège, Belgium. Electronic address: rhustinx@chu.ulg.ac.be.
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hustinx
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Liège, Campus Universitaire du Sart Tilman B35, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: Edouard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Louis
keywords: Crohn's disease; FDG; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; PET/CT; Ulcerative colitis