Small-intestinal length measurement on MR enterography: comparison with in vivo surgical measurement.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and accuracy of small-bowel length measurement on MR enterography examinations compared with surgical in vivo measurements.

Subjects And Methods: Thirty-one consecutive patients who were undergoing elective laparotomy for Crohn disease were included in the study. These patients underwent a prior MR enterography examination, and true fast imaging with steady-state precession MR enterography images from the examinations were used to measure small-intestinal length.

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the gastrointestinal tract: technique, indications, and imaging findings.

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has emerged as an important tool in the diagnostic work-up of patients with bowel cancer and inflammatory conditions of the gastrointestinal tract. It functions on the basis of the microscopic motion of water molecules in a cellular environment and provides functional information about the water in body tissues. Diffusion-weighted imaging serves to complement conventional MR imaging, and its use may improve the accuracy of tumor detection and staging.

Associations between adult attachment dimensions and attitudes toward pain behaviour.

Background: Despite the important role positive reinforcement of pain behaviour is believed to play in chronic pain, there is a paucity of research regarding factors that influence the provision of such reinforcement. Attachment theory suggests that individuals high in attachment avoidance view the pain behaviour of others in a negative manner and would, therefore, provide little reinforcement of pain behaviour. As an initial step in evaluating this model, relationships between attachment dimensions and attitudes toward pain behaviour were examined.

Benign mesenteric lymphangioma presenting as acute pancreatitis: a case report.

Benign mesenteric lymphangiomas are rare intra-abdominal cysts which may be asymptomatic or present with a variety of abdominal symptoms including an acute abdomen. We are however not aware of any reports in the literature linking mesenteric lymphangioma to acute pancreatitis. We present the case of a 62-year-old man who was admitted with signs and symptoms of acute pancreatitis and a palpable abdominal mass.

Magnetic resonance imaging in Crohn's disease.

This article explores the use of magnetic resonance imaging as an emerging modality in the investigation of Crohn’s disease

Associations between arthritis and a broad range of psychiatric disorders: findings from a nationally representative sample.

Unlabelled: Data from the National Epidemiological Study of Alcoholism and Related Conditions (NESARC) were used to investigate associations between arthritis and a wide range of psychiatric disorders in a large sample (n = 43,093) representative of the adult population of the United States. NESARC participants completed the Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule--DSM-IV Version and provided reports regarding medical conditions, including arthritis, experienced over the past year. Logistic regression analyses that adjusted for potential confounding variables (ie, gender, marital status, age, income, and other health conditions) indicated that arthritis had significant positive associations with each of the 7 personality disorders included in the NESARC (ie, avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive, paranoid, schizoid, histrionic, and antisocial).