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Figure 4 | BMC Gastroenterology

Figure 4

From: Utility of the diffusion-weighted imaging for activity evaluation in Crohn’s disease patients underwent magnetic resonance enterography

Figure 4

The combination of MRE and DWI could improve diagnostic sensitivity and specificity. A 34-year-old female patient suffered from active CD with multi-segmental lesions in ileum (A, B and E). On LAVA image (A) abnormal enhancement could be detected in pelvis (white arrow), which was confirmed by enteroscopy (E), While on DWI (B), no abnormal high signal intensity lesion was found in the same cross-sectional slice. A 42-year-old male patient suffered from active CD (C, D and F). On LAVA image, suspicious local bowel wall thickening (curved arrow-head) was detected in distal ileum (C), while on DWI (D), no high signal intensity was found in the same cross-sectional slice, which was confirmed by enteroscopy (F).

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