Small bowel enteroclysis with magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in patients with failed and uncertain passage of a patency capsule

BMC Medical Imaging

Bodil Ohlsson³  Sattar Kadhem¹  Nils Karlsson²  Frans-Thomas Fork⁴ 

[1] Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Medical Radiology, Skåne University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden;Medical School at Lund University, BMC Studentcentrum, Se-221 84 Lund, Sweden;Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Division of Gastroenterology, Skåne University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden;Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Centre of Imaging and Functional Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden

关键词: video capsule enteroscopy;    patency capsule;    computed tomography;    magnetic resonance imaging;    enteroclysis;    Small bowel;   

Others  :  1092426
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2342-12-3

 received in 2011-05-26, accepted in 2012-02-15,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Video capsule enteroscopy (VCE) has revolutionized small bowel imaging, enabling visual examination of the mucosa of the entire small bowel, while MR enteroclysis (MRE) and CT enteroclysis (CTE) have largely replaced conventional barium enteroclysis. A new indication for MRE and CTE is the clinical suspicion of small bowel strictures, as indicated by delayed or non-delivery of a test capsule given before a VCE examination, to exclude stenosis. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical value of subsequent MRE and CTE in patients in whom a test capsule did not present itself in due time.

Methods

Seventy-five consecutive patients were identified with a delayed or unnoticed delivery of the test capsule. Seventy patients consented to participate and underwent MRE (44) or CTE (26). The medical records and imaging studies were retrospectively reviewed and symptoms, laboratory results and imaging findings recorded.

Results

Lesions compatible with Crohns disease were shown by MRE in 5 patients, by CTE in one and by VCE in four, one of whom had lesions on MRE. In patients without alarm symptoms and findings (weight loss, haematochezia, anaemia, nocturnal diarrheoa, ileus, fistula, abscess and abnormal blood tests) imaging studies did not unveil any such lesion. VCE's were performed in only 20 patients, mainly younger than 50 years of age, although no stenotic lesion was shown by MRE and CTE. In the remaining 50 patients no VCE or other endoscopic intervention was performed indicating that the referring physician was content with the diagnostic information from MRE or CTE.

Conclusion

The diagnostic value of MRE and CTE is sufficient for clinical management of most patients with suspected small bowel disease, and thus VCE may be omitted or at least postponed for later usage.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Fork et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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