Incidental findings at MRI-enterography in patients with suspected or known Crohn’s disease

Table 1 Indications and results of 283 MRI investigations of the small intestine

	Clinical indication for MRI	n	Total
Suspected CD	Diagnostic MRI in patients with suspected CD not confirmed at endoscopy	156	156
Known CD	Extension of newly diagnosed CD detected at endoscopy	17
	Evaluation of disease activity and extension or suspected complications of known CD	110	127
Total			283
Results of MRI- enterographies	CD in the small intestine	87	31%
	Stenosis	38	13%
	Entero-enteric fistula	4	1.4%
	Intra-abdominal abscess	2	0.7%
	Suspected IBD in the colon	35	12%

MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; CD: Crohn’s disease; IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease.