MR enterography findings in abdominopelvic extraintestinal complications of Crohn's disease. Issue 5 (11th October 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mazziotti, Silvio; Blandino, Alfredo; Scribano, Emanuele; Gaeta, Michele; Mileto, Achille; Fries, Walter; Bombaci, Francesco; Ascenti, Giorgio
• Is Part Of: Journal of magnetic resonance imaging. Volume 37:Issue 5(2013)
• Page Start: 1055
• Page End: 1063
• Publication Date: 2012-10-11
• Subjects: Magnetic resonance imaging -- Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23859
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1053-1807

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>MR of the small bowel is a useful technique for the evaluation of both intraluminal and extraluminal pathologic involvement of the small bowel in patients with Crohn's disease. Crohn's disease is associated with a range of extraintestinal complications that sometimes may be the initial presenting symptoms. Some of these extraintestinal complications may not correlate with disease activity, but in general, they tend to follow the clinical course of disease and may have a high impact on life quality, morbidity, and even mortality in these patients. Our purpose is to describe some abdominopelvic extraintestinal complications of Crohn's disease, such as hepatopancreatobiliary, genitourinary, musculoskeletal, peritoneal, and lymph‐nodal, detectable at MR enterography. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2013;37:1055–1063. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.</p> </abstract>