Publications by authors named "Marjolaine de Billy"
Background & Aims: We developed and validated a magnetic resonance imaging-based index to predict Crohn's disease (CD) postoperative recurrence (POR).
Methods: Patients with CD who underwent a postoperative evaluation for recurrence (with colonoscopy and MRI no longer than 105 days apart) were included between 2006 and 2016 in University Hospital of Nancy, France. MRI items with good levels of intra-rater and inter-rater agreement (Gwet's coefficient ≥0.
Article Synopsis
- A study on 88 hospitalized Crohn's disease patients found that altered body composition, specifically sarcopenia and visceral obesity, is common but often goes undetected by BMI assessments.
- Sarcopenia was identified in 58% of patients; of these, many had normal or high BMI, yet they experienced significantly more complications like abscesses and surgeries compared to non-sarcopenic patients.
- The research concluded that both sarcopenia and visceral obesity are linked to worse clinical outcomes in Crohn's disease, highlighting the limitations of traditional nutritional assessments like BMI.
Background: Rectal linitis plastica (RLP) is a rare disease with poor outcome. It is often accompanied by a delayed histopathological diagnosis, primarily due to submucosal disease. A concentric ring pattern or "target sign" on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been proposed as being characteristic for early suspicion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisseminated lymphangiomatosis and Gorham-Stout disease are being considered as two forms of a single rare disease, characterized by a proliferation of lymphatic vessels, triggered by lymphangiogenic factors. There is no biological marker of the disease. Plasma VEGF might be a useful tool since the recent demonstration of its pivotal role in the mechanism of this disease.
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