Magnetic resonance enterography and wireless capsule endoscopy in the evaluation of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • BACKGROUND: Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) is increasingly used in children due to growing concerns of radiation. OBJECTIVE: To determine the performance of MRE, imaging findings were compared to wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) and histology results in children with/or suspected inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Pathology and WCE reports were retrospectively reviewed in 23 patients who had MRE. RESULTS: The sensitivity of MRE was 75.0% while the sensitivity of WCE was 77.8%. CONCLUSION: MRE and WCE are complementary techniques in evaluation of the small bowel in IBD.

publication date

  • June 8, 2012

Research

keywords

  • Capsule Endoscopy
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • Intestines
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3645856

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84872388724

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.03.011

PubMed ID

  • 23206611

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 37

issue

  • 1