Use of MRI to detect duodenal lesion caused by eosinophilic duodenitis

Learning points MRI enterography is an imaging technique for small bowel disease that is increasingly more popular than CT or barium fluoroscopic examination because of the lack of ionising radiation exposure; improved contrast of the endoluminal, mural and extramural soft tissues. 1 MRI enterograph...

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Published in:BMJ case reports 2013-01, Vol.2013, p.bcr2012007869
Main Authors: Selvam, Kartika, Hassan, Ali, Hossain, Farid
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biopsy
Bowel disease
Duodenal Diseases - diagnosis
Duodenal Diseases - etiology
Duodenitis - complications
Eosinophilia - complications
Humans
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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United Kingdom
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Summary:Learning points MRI enterography is an imaging technique for small bowel disease that is increasingly more popular than CT or barium fluoroscopic examination because of the lack of ionising radiation exposure; improved contrast of the endoluminal, mural and extramural soft tissues. 1 MRI enterography can also be used to diagnose and monitor activity of inflammatory bowel diseases, identify neoplasms and structural abnormalities. 2
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2012-007869