Small-bowel MRI in children and young adults with Crohn disease: retrospective head-to-head comparison of contrast-enhanced and diffusion-weighted MRI.

Background: Small-bowel MRI based on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted sequences has been challenged by diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for detection of inflammatory bowel lesions and complications in patients with Crohn disease.Objective: To evaluate free-breathing DWI, as compared to contrast-enhance...

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Published in:Pediatric Radiology Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 103 - 115
Main Authors: Neubauer H, Pabst T, Dick A, Machann W, Evangelista L, Wirth C, Köstler H, Hahn D, Beer M, Neubauer, Henning, Pabst, Thomas, Dick, Anke, Machann, Wolfram, Evangelista, Laura, Wirth, Clemens, Köstler, Herbert, Hahn, Dietbert, Beer, Meinrad
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Published: Springer Nature Jan2013
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          Neubauer H
          Pabst T
          Dick A
          Machann W
          Evangelista L
          Wirth C
          Köstler H
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          Neubauer, Henning
          Pabst, Thomas
          Dick, Anke
          Machann, Wolfram
          Evangelista, Laura
          Wirth, Clemens
          Köstler, Herbert
          Hahn, Dietbert
          Beer, Meinrad
        affil: Institute of Radiology, Department of Paediatric Radiology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany
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          Contrast Media
          Crohn Disease Pathology
          Magnetic Resonance Imaging
          Intestine, Small Pathology
          Magnetic Resonance Imaging Methods
          Adolescence
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          Colonoscopy
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          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Child: 6-12 years
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      ab: Background: Small-bowel MRI based on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted sequences has been challenged by diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for detection of inflammatory bowel lesions and complications in patients with Crohn disease.Objective: To evaluate free-breathing DWI, as compared to contrast-enhanced MRI, in children, adolescents and young adults with Crohn disease.Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included 33 children and young adults with Crohn disease ages 17 ± 3 years (mean ± standard deviation) and 27 matched controls who underwent small-bowel MRI with contrast-enhanced T1-weighted sequences and DWI at 1.5 T. The detectability of Crohn manifestations was determined. Concurrent colonoscopy as reference was available in two-thirds of the children with Crohn disease.Results: DWI and contrast-enhanced MRI correctly identified 32 and 31 patients, respectively. All 22 small-bowel lesions and all Crohn complications were detected. False-positive findings (two on DWI, one on contrast-enhanced MRI), compared to colonoscopy, were a result of large-bowel lumen collapse. Inflammatory wall thickening was comparable on DWI and contrast-enhanced MRI. DWI was superior to contrast-enhanced MRI for detection of lesions in 27% of the assessed bowel segments and equal to contrast-enhanced MRI in 71% of segments.Conclusion: DWI facilitates fast, accurate and comprehensive workup in Crohn disease without the need for intravenous administration of contrast medium. Contrast-enhanced MRI is superior in terms of spatial resolution and multiplanar acquisition.
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