As our researches have shown, for Crohn’s
disease following Biophilia NLS-signs are typical.
1. Damage of an intestine wall. It is
necessary to notice that wall damage happened in all layers (97.2%), which
evidences transmural affection. However in 2.8% of cases changes were detected
in mucous-submucous layer. At acute inflammatory process we detected affected
lymph nodes of average chromogeneity (4-5 points on Fleindler’s scale) in
paraintestinal fiber.
2. Ulcerous defects. Ulcerous defects were
characterised by absence of an accurate differentiation of layers in 77.7% of
cases, hyperchromogenic inclusions in submucous layer – in 32.3%, total
affection of a mucous layer – in 14.4%. Wide and narrow defects of submucous
layer with longitudinal orientation were revealed in 31.1% of cases
only.
On the basis of the comparative analysis of
Biophilia NLS-graphy results and pathomorphological researches we have developed
a method of Biophilia NLS-diagnostics of intestines ulcerous affections. At
inflammatory process in an intestine, both at Crohn’s disease, and at ulcerative
colitis, we marked changes of intestinal wall structure and its chromogeneity.
These researches were carried out in a small number of patients with Crohn’s
disease. Kuznetsova T.G. et al. has described changes of intestinal wall
structure in the form of affected hollow organ symptom, on the basis of which it
is possible to carry out differential diagnostics of intestines diseases. We
have also revealed other changes in an intestine wall, such as hyperchromogenic
inclusions, total affection of a mucous layer, narrow and wide defects of
submucous layer, and have proven that such signs are typical for ulcerous
affection.
3. Presence of pathologically changed
vessels. Biophilia NLS-angiography have shown expressed changes of intestine
wall vessels in 52.6% of cases, in 17.9% – average expressiveness of changes, in
11.6% – minor changes, in 17.9% of patients affection of vessels was not
identified. Severe changes of a vascular wall evidence activity of inflammatory
process. We have also investigated quantitative characteristics of a bloodflow
in an intestine wall at inflammatory process, such as an index of resistance and
speed of a bloodflow, which were compared to the results of central
haemodynamics. We have found mechanisms of bloodflow abnormalities in an
intestine wall, depending on expressiveness of inflammatory process according to
Biophilia NLS-graphy.
4. Presence infiltration, fistulas,
strictures and perianal complications, diagnostics of which will not be given in
this article.