Abstract
Purpose
The aim is to determine the accuracy of magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) in evaluating
Crohn’s disease (CD) activity.
Materials and methods
Seventy-seven patients with CD underwent MRE. The primary analysis was to determine
associations between MRE findings, Harvey–Bradshaw Index, and C-reactive protein (CRP),
then we have created a new MRE score that it was also correlated with clinical and
laboratory data.
Results
MRE score for CD significantly correlates with CRP (P=.003). Significant associations were found between degree of contrast enhancement
and CRP (P=.002) and between comb sign and CRP (P=.001).
Conclusions
These results make MRE an important instrument for evaluation of CD activity.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: November 23, 2015
Accepted:
November 18,
2015
Received in revised form:
October 3,
2015
Received:
May 27,
2015
Footnotes
☆This retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board of our hospital in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
☆☆The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.
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