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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Filomenamila Lorusso, Mariabeatrice Principi, Pasquale Pedote, Pasquale Pignataro, Mariantonietta Francavilla, Angela Sardaro, Arnaldo Scardapane
Summary: The study found a high incidence of extra-intestinal incidental findings in patients with Crohn disease undergoing magnetic resonance enterography, with 16% of these findings deemed clinically relevant. Age was positively correlated with incidental findings.
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Jeongyun Kim, Nieun Seo, Heejin Bae, Eun Ae Kang, Eunju Kim, Yong Eun Chung, Joon-Seok Lim, Myeong-Jin Kim
Summary: This study compares the image quality and diagnostic performance of breath-hold contrast-enhanced T1-weighted imaging using sensitivity encoding (SENSE) and compressed sensing-SENSE (CS-SENSE) in the diagnosis of active inflammation in Crohn's disease (CD). The results demonstrate that CS-SENSE reduces scan times, reduces artifacts, and improves image quality.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Manel Djelouah, Victoria Marical, Lukshe Kanagaratnam, Reza Kianmanesh, Amelie Biron, Guillaume Cadiot, Christine Hoeffel
Summary: The study compared the diagnostic capabilities of DW-MRE and CE-MRE for postoperative CD recurrence and found that they have similar diagnostic performance, with DW-MRE enhancing the diagnostic accuracy of CE-MRE for postoperative anastomotic CD recurrence.
DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL IMAGING
(2021)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Marcello Napolitano, Alice Marianna Munari, Giovanni Di Leo, Nicol Antonina Rita Panarisi, Giovanna Zuin, Giorgio Fava, Marta Vecchi, Francesco Sardanelli, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti
Summary: This study proposed a simplified MRE score, PCDMRI, to evaluate active inflammation in children with CD. The results showed positive correlations between PCDMRI and global score with PCDAI, SES-CD, CRP, and fC, with high inter-reader reproducibility. The PCDMRI may be a useful non-invasive tool for grading disease activity in children with ileocolonic CD.
Review
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Laura Maria Minordi, Antonio Bevere, Alfredo Papa, Luigi Larosa, Riccardo Manfredi
Summary: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic inflammatory intestinal conditions. CT and MRI are effective in diagnosing and observing inflammation and complications. MRE has advantages for the diagnosis of CD and its complications, especially in evaluating bowel wall and pelvic diseases.
ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Hyunmin Kim, Da In Lee, Sung Kyoung Moon, Seong Jin Park, Myung-Won You
Summary: Perianal fistulas in Crohn's disease require both medical and surgical treatment. MRI evaluation is important for detailed information on the type and activity of the fistula, as well as associated complications. The use of a structured MR report is recommended for initial diagnosis and disease monitoring.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Xuehua Li, Naiwen Zhang, Cicong Hu, Yuqin Lin, Jiaqiang Li, Zhoulei Li, Enming Cui, Li Shi, Xiaozhao Zhuang, Jianpeng Li, Jiahang Lu, Yangdi Wang, Renyi Liu, Chenglang Yuan, Haiwei Lin, Jinshen He, Dongping Ke, Shanshan Tang, Yujian Zou, Bo He, Canhui Sun, Minhu Chen, Bingsheng Huang, Ren Mao, Shi-Ting Feng
Summary: A VAT-radiomics model (RM) using CT images was developed and validated to predict disease progression in CD patients, and compared with a SAT-RM. The VAT-RM demonstrated satisfactory performance and advantages over the SAT-RM in predicting disease progression in CD patients.
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Bari Dane, Kun Qian, Rachel Krieger, Paul Smereka, Jonathan Foster, Chenchan Huang, Shannon Chang, Sooah Kim
Summary: This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the correlation between key imaging features described by SAR-AGA on outpatient surveillance MRE and the progression to surgery in adults with CD. The study found that restricted diffusion, greater degree of upstream dilation from stricture, complex fistula, perienteric inflammation, and fibrofatty proliferation were more common in patients progressing to surgery. Additionally, patients progressing to surgery had longer length of bowel involvement and higher platelet count, ESR, and fecal calprotectin levels, as well as lower serum albumin levels.
ABDOMINAL RADIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Xiao-di Shen, Ruo-nan Zhang, Si-yun Huang, Yang-di Wang, Ren-yi Liu, Ji-xin Meng, Jie Zhou, Zhao Chen, Jia-yu Fang, Ren Mao, Zi-ping Li, Can-hui Sun, Shi-ting Feng, Shao-chun Lin, Ying-kui Zhong, Xue-hua Li
Summary: This study developed and validated a radiomics signature based on preoperative computed tomography enterography (CTE) to predict early postoperative anastomotic recurrence (PAR) in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). The results showed that both intestinal and mesenteric radiomics signatures were independent risk factors for PAR in CD patients, and the radiomics-based nomogram had superior predictive performance compared to a model based on clinical-radiological features alone.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Boryeong Jeong, Seong Ho Park, Byong Duk Ye, Jihun Kim, Suk-Kyun Yang
Summary: This study evaluated the enterographic findings of chronic enteropathy associated with SLCO2A1 gene (CEAS). The small bowel manifestations of CEAS were diverse, including mural abnormalities and bowel strictures. Some patients required surgical intervention.
KOREAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Akitoshi Inoue, David J. Bartlett, Narges Shahraki, Shannon P. Sheedy, Jay P. Heiken, Benjamin A. Voss, Jeff L. Fidler, Mohammad S. Tootooni, Mustafa Y. Sir, Kalyan Pasupathy, Mark E. Baker, Florian Rieder, Amy L. Lightner, Parakkal Deepak, David H. Bruining, Joel G. Fletcher
Summary: By analyzing patient symptoms and imaging results from computed tomography enterography and magnetic resonance enterography, it is possible to predict which small bowel Crohn's disease patients will require surgery within 2 years with a modest degree of accuracy.
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Hiroyuki Fujimura, Shinichi Hashimoto, Kensaku Shimizu, Hideko Onoda, Masahiro Tanabe, Mayumi Higashi, Ryo Ogawa, Atsushi Goto, Koichi Hamabe, Jun Nishikawa, Katsuyoshi Ito, Taro Takami
Summary: This study evaluated Crohn's disease patients in Japan using low-dose computed tomography enterography (CTE) and retrospectively investigated the accuracy of CTE in assessing transmural healing (TH). The results showed a high concordance between CTE and endoscopy diagnoses, and significant associations were found between TH and disease activity index, endoscopic healing rate, serum albumin, and serum C-reactive protein level.
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Cinthia Cruz-Romero, Abra Guo, William F. Bradley, Joao R. T. Vicentini, Vijay Yajnik, Michael S. Gee
Summary: This study found significant associations between CD genotype and MRE phenotype, as well as frequency of cross-sectional imaging. Specific genetic polymorphisms were found to be associated with small bowel inflammation and luminal narrowing, while another polymorphism was associated with age of onset, proportion of early disease onset patients, and average number of cross-sectional imaging per year.
JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
(2021)
Review
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Ali Borhani, Shadi Afyouni, Mohammad Mirza Aghazadeh Attari, Alireza Mohseni, Onofrio Catalano, Ihab R. Kamel
Summary: Positron emission tomography (PET) magnetic resonance (MR) enterography is a hybrid imaging technique that combines PET imaging's metabolic information with MR imaging's spatial resolution and soft tissue contrast. It has potential roles in determining the activity status of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), evaluating treatment response, stratifying risk, and predicting long-term clinical outcomes. However, limited studies, technical aspects, and clinical indications pose challenges in generalizing findings of this modality.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Nutrition & Dietetics
Erika Cantarelli, Francesco Baccelli, Gabriele Simonini, Patrizia Alvisi
Summary: The efficacy of diet and its influence on gut microbiome composition in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been well demonstrated, but its potential in managing extraintestinal manifestations remains unclear. The authors reported a case of a child with chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) and Crohn disease (CD) who responded successfully to Crohn disease exclusion diet (CDED) in combination therapy, indicating the potential benefit of diet in resistant patients with CD and extraintestinal manifestations.