Diagnostic accuracy of three different MRI protocols in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used for workup and control of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, disagreement remains as to how the MRI should be performed.

Purpose

To compare prospectively the diagnostic accuracy of MRI with neither oral nor intravenous contrast medium (plain MRI), magnetic resonance follow-through (MRFT) and MR enteroclysis (MRE) using MRE as the reference standard in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Material and methods

Plain MRI and MRE were carried out in addition to MRFT. All patients underwent both plain MR and MRFT on the same day and MRE within seven days. For the evaluation, the bowel was divided into nine segments. One radiologist, blinded to clinical findings, evaluated bowel wall thickness, diffusion weigh

SUBMITTER: Jesuratnam-Nielsen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4464058 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature