MR enterography imaging of Crohn’s disease in pediatric patients

MR enterography imaging of Crohn’s disease in pediatric patients

BACKGROUND Crohn disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory process of gastrointestinal tract, which frequently affects children. Recent advances in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technique have made small bowel imaging possible, what is extremely useful in pediatrics. The purpose of this article is to describe the characteristic MR enterography findings and to present the advantages of this moda...

MR Enterography of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Review of Imaging Techniques and Findings

Introduction Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) consists of ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn disease (CD), and indeterminate colitis. While sharing many clinical features, ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease are considered separate entities with unique characteristics. Due to the chronic nature of these diseases, frequent and repeated imaging is often necessary for diagnosis and therapeutic planni...

MR enterography in the management of patients with Crohn disease.

Crohn disease is a complex pathologic process with an unpredictable lifelong course that includes frequent relapses. It often affects young patients, who are most vulnerable to the potential adverse effects of repeated exposure to ionizing radiation from computed tomography performed for diagnosis and surgical planning. The small intestine is the bowel segment that is most frequently affected, ...

Magnetic resonance enterography in pediatric celiac disease.

OBJECTIVE To assess if magnetic resonance enterography is capable of showing evidence/extent of disease in pediatric patients with biopsy-proven celiac disease by comparing with a control group, and to correlate the magnetic resonance enterography findings with anti-endomysial antibody level, which is an indicator of gluten-free dietary compliance. METHODS Thirty-one pediatric patients (mean ...

MR small bowel enterography: Utility of dynamic imaging in the investigation of small bowel disease