Chiara Pozzessere1,2, Mourad Boudiaf3, Alfredo Cirigliano4, Anthony Dohan3,5, Maria Antonietta Mazzei4, Maxime Barat3,5, Luca Volterrani4, Philippe Soyer3,5. 1. Department of Medical, Surgical and Neuro Sciences, Unit of Diagnostic Imaging, University Hospital of Siena, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, 53100, Siena, Italy. chiara.pozzessere@uslcentro.toscana.it. 2. Department of Radiology, AUSL Toscana Centro, San Giuseppe Hospital, Viale Giovanni Boccaccio, 16, 50053, Empoli, Italy. chiara.pozzessere@uslcentro.toscana.it. 3. Department of Radiology, AP-HP Cochin Hospital, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 5014, Paris, France. 4. Department of Medical, Surgical and Neuro Sciences, Unit of Diagnostic Imaging, University Hospital of Siena, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, 53100, Siena, Italy. 5. Université de Paris, 75006, Paris, France.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To determine the potential of magnetic resonance-enterography (MRE) in the assessment of the anastomotic status in patients with Crohn disease and prior ileocolic resection. METHODS: A total of 62 MRE examinations obtained in 52 patients with Crohn disease who had previously undergone ileocolic resection were retrospectively reviewed by two readers in consensus. MRE features (anastomotic wall thickening, wall stratification, wall enhancement pattern and degree, DWI signal intensity, ADC values, lymph nodes, comb sign and complications) were compared to clinical, endoscopic and histological findings that served as standard of reference. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of MRE were calculated. RESULTS: At univariate analysis, anastomotic wall thickening, anastomotic wall stratification, segmental wall enhancement, moderate wall enhancement, early and mucosal enhancement, and moderate/marked hyperintensity on diffusion-weighed imaging (DWI) were the most discriminative MRE features for differentiating between normal and abnormal anastomoses (p < 0.001 for all variables). Anastomotic wall thickening and segmental anastomotic wall enhancement were the two most sensitive and accurate MRE variables for the diagnosis of abnormal anastomosis with sensitivities of 82% (95% CI: 67-92%) and accuracies of 84% (95% CI: 72-92%). At univariate analysis, hyperintensity on DWI of the anastomotic site was the most sensitive finding for distinguishing between inflammatory recurrence and fibrostenosis (sensitivity, 89%; 95% CI: 67-99%). CONCLUSIONS: MRE provides objective and relatively specific morphological criteria that help detect abnormal ileocolic anastomosis, but performances are lower when differentiating between inflammatory recurrence and fibrostenosis. DWI may be useful in identifying pathologic anastomosis and, in particular, in distinguishing between inflammatory recurrence and fibrostenosis.
PURPOSE: To determine the potential of magnetic resonance-enterography (MRE) in the assessment of the anastomotic status in patients with Crohn disease and prior ileocolic resection. METHODS: A total of 62 MRE examinations obtained in 52 patients with Crohn disease who had previously undergone ileocolic resection were retrospectively reviewed by two readers in consensus. MRE features (anastomotic wall thickening, wall stratification, wall enhancement pattern and degree, DWI signal intensity, ADC values, lymph nodes, comb sign and complications) were compared to clinical, endoscopic and histological findings that served as standard of reference. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of MRE were calculated. RESULTS: At univariate analysis, anastomotic wall thickening, anastomotic wall stratification, segmental wall enhancement, moderate wall enhancement, early and mucosal enhancement, and moderate/marked hyperintensity on diffusion-weighed imaging (DWI) were the most discriminative MRE features for differentiating between normal and abnormal anastomoses (p < 0.001 for all variables). Anastomotic wall thickening and segmental anastomotic wall enhancement were the two most sensitive and accurate MRE variables for the diagnosis of abnormal anastomosis with sensitivities of 82% (95% CI: 67-92%) and accuracies of 84% (95% CI: 72-92%). At univariate analysis, hyperintensity on DWI of the anastomotic site was the most sensitive finding for distinguishing between inflammatory recurrence and fibrostenosis (sensitivity, 89%; 95% CI: 67-99%). CONCLUSIONS: MRE provides objective and relatively specific morphological criteria that help detect abnormal ileocolic anastomosis, but performances are lower when differentiating between inflammatory recurrence and fibrostenosis. DWI may be useful in identifying pathologic anastomosis and, in particular, in distinguishing between inflammatory recurrence and fibrostenosis.
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