Literature course based on:

Insights into Imaging article: "Inflammatory bowel disease-the role of cross-sectional imaging techniques in the investigation of the small bowel."

Teaching Points
• Cross-sectional imaging of the small bowel is essential in paediatric IBD.
• Endoscopy is unable to assess extramural disease and examine the entire small bowel.
• US should be the first choice examination in children with suspected IBD.
• MR enterography is the technique of choice in children with known IBD.
• There are still controversies regarding the prediction of disease activity or fibrosis.