title: Subclassification of small bowel Crohn's disease using magnetic resonance enterography: a review using evidence-based medicine methodology.
abstract: Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) has a growing role in imaging small bowel Crohn's disease (SBCD), both in diagnosis and assessment of treatment response. Certain SBCD phenotypes respond well to biologic therapy and others require surgery; MRE has an expanding role in triaging these patients. In this review, we evaluate the MRE signs that subclassify SBCD using evidence-based medicine (EBM) methodology and provide a structured approach to MRE interpretation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland. Electronic address: murphy.84@gmail.com.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: McEvoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Doherty
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Malone
mesh_terms: D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015203:Reproducibility of Results