Magnetic resonance enterography in Crohn’s disease: new simple proposal to assess disease activity

PurposeThe aim is to determine the accuracy of magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) in evaluating Crohn’s disease (CD) activity.Materials and methodsSeventy-seven patients with CD underwent MRE. The primary analysis was to determine associations between MRE findings, Harvey–Bradshaw Index, and C-reactive protein (CRP), then we have created a new MRE score that it was also correlated with clinical and laboratory data.ResultsMRE score for CD significantly correlates with CRP (P= .003). Significant associations were found between degree of contrast enhancement and CRP (P= .002) and between comb sign and CRP (P= .001).ConclusionsThese results make MRE an important instrument for evaluation of CD activity.