Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging colonography with conventional colonoscopy for the assessment of intestinal inflammation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a feasibility study

A. Schreyer, Heiko C. Rath, Ron Kikinis, Markus Völk, Jürgen Schölmerich, Stefan Feuerbach, Gerhard Rogler, Johannes Seitz, Hans Herfarth

Gut · 2005 · 126 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

MRI based colonography is not suitable for adequately assessing the extent of colonic inflammation in patients with IBD. Only severe colonic inflammation in patients with CD can be sufficiently visualised.

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