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Figure 5

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

Figure 5

The combination of MRE and DWI could improve diagnostic sensitivity and specificity. A thirty-three male patient suffered from active CD. On LAVA image the jejunum (right upper abdomen) was not distended very well and it was difficult to decide whether it had inflammatory lesion because of high signal intensity both before (A) and after (B) contrast injection. While on DWI (C), abnormal high signal intensity was found in the same cross-sectional slice indicating the inflammatory lesion, which was confirmed by enteroscopy.

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BMC Gastroenterology

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