Xue-Hua Li1, Ren Mao2, Si-Yun Huang1, Zhuang-Nian Fang1, Bao-Lan Lu1, Jin-Jiang Lin1, Shan-Shan Xiong2, Min-Hu Chen2, Zi-Ping Li1, Can-Hui Sun3, Shi-Ting Feng4. 1. Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan II Road, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China. 2. Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan II Road, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China. 3. Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan II Road, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China. canhuisun@sina.com. 4. Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan II Road, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China. fengsht@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Although diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is reported to be accurate in detecting bowel inflammation in Crohn's disease (CD), its ability to assess bowel fibrosis remains unclear. This study assessed the role of DWI in the characterization of bowel fibrosis using surgical histopathology as the reference standard. METHODS: Abdominal DWI was performed before elective surgery in 30 consecutive patients with CD. The apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) in pathologic bowel walls were calculated. Region-by-region correlations between DWI and the surgical specimens were performed to determine the histologic degrees of bowel fibrosis and inflammation. RESULTS: ADCs correlated negatively with bowel inflammation (r = - 0.499, p < 0.001) and fibrosis (r = - 0.464, p < 0.001) in 90 specimens; the ADCs in regions of nonfibrosis and mild fibrosis were significantly higher than those in regions of moderate-severe fibrosis (p = 0.008). However, there was a significant correlation between the ADCs and bowel fibrosis (r = - 0.641, p = 0.001) in mildly inflamed segments but not in moderately (r = - 0.274, p = 0.255) or severely (r = - 0.225, p = 0.120) inflamed segments. In the mildly inflamed segments, the ADCs had good accuracy with an area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of 0.867 (p = 0.004) for distinguishing nonfibrosis and mild fibrosis from moderate-severe fibrosis. CONCLUSIONS: ADC can be used to assess bowel inflammation in patients with CD. However, it only enables the accurate detection of the degree of bowel fibrosis in mildly inflamed bowel walls. Therefore, caution is advised when using ADC to predict the degree of intestinal fibrosis. KEY POINTS: • Diffusion-weighted imaging was used to assess bowel inflammation in patients with Crohn's disease. • The ability of diffusion-weighted imaging to evaluate bowel fibrosis decreased with increasing bowel inflammation. • Diffusion-weighted imaging enabled accurate detection of the degree of fibrosis only in mildly inflamed bowel walls.
OBJECTIVES: Although diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is reported to be accurate in detecting bowel inflammation in Crohn's disease (CD), its ability to assess bowel fibrosis remains unclear. This study assessed the role of DWI in the characterization of bowel fibrosis using surgical histopathology as the reference standard. METHODS: Abdominal DWI was performed before elective surgery in 30 consecutive patients with CD. The apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) in pathologic bowel walls were calculated. Region-by-region correlations between DWI and the surgical specimens were performed to determine the histologic degrees of bowel fibrosis and inflammation. RESULTS: ADCs correlated negatively with bowel inflammation (r = - 0.499, p < 0.001) and fibrosis (r = - 0.464, p < 0.001) in 90 specimens; the ADCs in regions of nonfibrosis and mild fibrosis were significantly higher than those in regions of moderate-severe fibrosis (p = 0.008). However, there was a significant correlation between the ADCs and bowel fibrosis (r = - 0.641, p = 0.001) in mildly inflamed segments but not in moderately (r = - 0.274, p = 0.255) or severely (r = - 0.225, p = 0.120) inflamed segments. In the mildly inflamed segments, the ADCs had good accuracy with an area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of 0.867 (p = 0.004) for distinguishing nonfibrosis and mild fibrosis from moderate-severe fibrosis. CONCLUSIONS: ADC can be used to assess bowel inflammation in patients with CD. However, it only enables the accurate detection of the degree of bowel fibrosis in mildly inflamed bowel walls. Therefore, caution is advised when using ADC to predict the degree of intestinal fibrosis. KEY POINTS: • Diffusion-weighted imaging was used to assess bowel inflammation in patients with Crohn's disease. • The ability of diffusion-weighted imaging to evaluate bowel fibrosis decreased with increasing bowel inflammation. • Diffusion-weighted imaging enabled accurate detection of the degree of fibrosis only in mildly inflamed bowel walls.
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Crohn’s disease; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Fibrosis
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