Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of body composition parameters in Crohn's disease

Ghislain Labarthe (1) , Michael Dolores (1) , Mikael Verdalle-Cazes (1) , Cloe Charpentier (2, 3) , Pauline Roullee (1) , Jean-Nicolas Dacher (1) , Guillaume Savoye (2, 3) , Céline Savoye-Collet (1, 4)

1 Service de Radiologie [CHU Rouen]
2 ADEN - Nutrition, inflammation et dysfonctionnement de l'axe intestin-cerveau
3 Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie [CHU Rouen]
4 QuantIF-LITIS - Equipe Quantification en Imagerie Fonctionnelle

Body composition, currently evaluated by computed tomography scan, is related to poor evolution and severity of Crohn's disease (CD). Few MRI studies have been performed, yet it is the most commonly used imaging modality for the surveillance of the disease.

Mots clés: Body composition; Crohn's disease; Magnetic resonance imaging

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Hépatologie et Gastroentérologie

Ghislain Labarthe, Michael Dolores, Mikael Verdalle-Cazes, Cloe Charpentier, Pauline Roullee, et al.. Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of body composition parameters in Crohn's disease. Digestive and Liver Disease, 2020, 52 (8), pp.878-884. ⟨10.1016/j.dld.2020.06.024⟩. ⟨hal-02922546⟩