Magnetic Resonance Enterography: The Test of Choice in Diagnosing Intestinal “Zebras”
Small bowel tumors and other rare intestinal disorders are often exceedingly difficult to identify. Even cutting-edge technologies, such as push enteroscopy and capsule endoscopy, can fail to determine the cause of a patient’s symptoms. At our institution magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) has be...
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| author | Anjali S. Kumar Jasna Coralic Reid Vegeler Kirthi Kolli John Liang Allison Estep Allen P. Chudzinski James D. McFadden |
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| description | Small bowel tumors and other rare intestinal disorders are often exceedingly difficult to identify. Even cutting-edge technologies, such as push enteroscopy and capsule endoscopy, can fail to determine the cause of a patient’s symptoms. At our institution magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) has become an increasingly reliable tool in the difficult-to-diagnose or difficult-to-monitor patient. In this retrospective case series, we discuss four patients with four rare intestinal disorders that were successfully diagnosed using MRE after failing to be diagnosed using more routine technologies, such as CT scans and flexible sigmoidoscopies. With the discussion of these four cases we demonstrate that MRE is a useful diagnostic modality in patients whose surveillance is difficult or to diagnose rare colorectal disease phenomena, colloquially referred to as “zebras.” |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4045692c1bd2451080969cb5b6ef35b32025-02-03T06:07:22ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362015-01-01201510.1155/2015/206469206469Magnetic Resonance Enterography: The Test of Choice in Diagnosing Intestinal “Zebras”Anjali S. Kumar0Jasna Coralic1Reid Vegeler2Kirthi Kolli3John Liang4Allison Estep5Allen P. Chudzinski6James D. McFadden7Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010, USASection of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010, USADepartment of Surgery, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010, USASection of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010, USADepartment of Pathology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010, USAGeorgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20057, USADepartment of Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 20057, USADepartment of Radiology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010, USASmall bowel tumors and other rare intestinal disorders are often exceedingly difficult to identify. Even cutting-edge technologies, such as push enteroscopy and capsule endoscopy, can fail to determine the cause of a patient’s symptoms. At our institution magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) has become an increasingly reliable tool in the difficult-to-diagnose or difficult-to-monitor patient. In this retrospective case series, we discuss four patients with four rare intestinal disorders that were successfully diagnosed using MRE after failing to be diagnosed using more routine technologies, such as CT scans and flexible sigmoidoscopies. With the discussion of these four cases we demonstrate that MRE is a useful diagnostic modality in patients whose surveillance is difficult or to diagnose rare colorectal disease phenomena, colloquially referred to as “zebras.”http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/206469 |
| spellingShingle | Anjali S. Kumar Jasna Coralic Reid Vegeler Kirthi Kolli John Liang Allison Estep Allen P. Chudzinski James D. McFadden Magnetic Resonance Enterography: The Test of Choice in Diagnosing Intestinal “Zebras” Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | Magnetic Resonance Enterography: The Test of Choice in Diagnosing Intestinal “Zebras” |
| title_full | Magnetic Resonance Enterography: The Test of Choice in Diagnosing Intestinal “Zebras” |
| title_fullStr | Magnetic Resonance Enterography: The Test of Choice in Diagnosing Intestinal “Zebras” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Magnetic Resonance Enterography: The Test of Choice in Diagnosing Intestinal “Zebras” |
| title_short | Magnetic Resonance Enterography: The Test of Choice in Diagnosing Intestinal “Zebras” |
| title_sort | magnetic resonance enterography the test of choice in diagnosing intestinal zebras |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/206469 |
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