Magnetic resonance for assessment of disease activity and severity in ileocolonic Crohn’s disease
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas · Hospital Clínic de Barcelona · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Assessment of disease extension and activity is crucial to guide treatment in Crohn's disease. The objective of the current cross-sectional study was to determine the accuracy of MR for this assessment.
50 patients with clinically active (n = 35) or inactive (n = 15) Crohn's disease underwent ileocolonoscopy (reference standard) and MR. T2-weighted and precontrast and postcontrast-enhanced T1-weighted sequences were acquired. Endoscopic activity was evaluated by CDEIS (Crohn's Disease Endoscopic Index of Severity); in addition endoscopic lesions were classified as absent, mild (inflammation without ulcers) or severe (presence of ulceration).
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 20.61
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 43
Authors
11- JRJordi Rimola
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas
- SRSónia Rodríguez
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas
- OGOrlando García‐Bosch
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer
- ÍOÍngrid Ordás
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer
- EAEdgar Ayala
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Receiver operating characteristic
- Crohn's disease
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Area under the curve
- Gastroenterology
- Ulcerative colitis
- Internal medicine
- Good health and well-being