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Crohn’s disease: Crohn’s disease tends to be transmural, segmental, and usually discontinuous. Multifocal small bowel diseases may present with areas of different activity, some areas with acute inflammatory, and others with fibrostenosing disease. The characteristic radiological features of Crohn’s disease on barium study include aphthoid or deep ulcerations, cobblestone appearance, sinus tract, and fistula with discontinuous and asymmetric involvement (Figs. 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3).

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    Jae Hee Cheon

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Lim, J.S. (2015). Radiology. In: Kim, W., Cheon, J. (eds) Atlas of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39423-2_8

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