Magnetic resonance enterography in pregnant women with Crohn’s disease: case series and literature review

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 1 Summary of MRE findings in pregnant patients with known (1–7) or suspected CD (8, 9), NA: not available

Patient number	1a	1b	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Mural signs
Small bowel mural thickening	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-
Large bowel mural thickening	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	+
Mural high T2 signal	+	+	NA	NA	+	NA	+	+	-	NA
Stenosis & prestenotic dilatation	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+
Ulcers	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+
Mesenteric signs
Comb sign	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-
Creeping fat	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-
Lymphadenopathy	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-
Complications
Phlegmon	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-
Abscess	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fistula	++	++	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-
Free fluid	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-

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