Detecting inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease - how does ultrasound compare to magnetic resonance enterography using standardised scoring systems?

Background: Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) is the current gold standard for imaging in inflammatory bowel disease, but ultrasound (US) is a potential alternative.

Objective: To determine whether US is as good as MRE for the detecting inflamed bowel, using a combined consensus score as the reference standard.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study in children and adolescents <18 years with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at a tertiary and quaternary centre.

Detecting inflammation in the unprepared pediatric colon - how reliable is magnetic resonance enterography?

Background: Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease frequently affects the colon. MR enterography is used to assess the small bowel but it also depicts the colon.

Objective: To compare the accuracy of MR enterography and direct visualization at endoscopy in assessing the colon in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.

Normal perinatal and paediatric postmortem magnetic resonance imaging appearances.

As postmortem imaging becomes more widely used following perinatal and paediatric deaths, the correct interpretation of images becomes imperative, particularly given the increased use of postmortem magnetic resonance imaging. Many pathological processes may have similar appearances in life and following death. A thorough knowledge of normal postmortem changes is therefore required within postmortem magnetic resonance imaging to ensure that these are not mistakenly interpreted as significant pathology.

Lung aeration on post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging is a useful marker of live birth versus stillbirth.

Objective: Aim of this study was to investigate whether lung assessment on post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging (PMMR) can reliably differentiate between live birth and stillbirth.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively assessed PMMR imaging features of a group of late foetal terminations following fetocide and stillbirths (without witnessed breathing) and early infant deaths (breathed spontaneously before death). PMMR images were reviewed for evidence of lung aeration and other features, blinded to the clinical and autopsy data.

Gadolinium and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: an update.

Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is a multisystem disease seen exclusively in patients with renal impairment. It can be severely debilitating and sometimes fatal. There is a strong association with gadolinium-based contrast agents used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).