Table 2. Extra-enteric findings of magnetic resonance enterography (MR-E) with minor clinical significance in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), non-specific abdominal symptoms (SBD) and suspected small bowel malignancies (SBM).
IBD | n | % of all IBD patients* | SBD | n | % of all SBD patients* | SBM | n | % of all SBM patients* | |
Findings total (n) | 470 | 156 | 95 | ||||||
Most common findings | Ovarian cysts | 110 | 15.5% | Kidney cysts | 40 | 22.0% | Kidney cysts | 29 | 25.4% |
Kidney cysts | 67 | 9.4% | Ovarian cysts | 19 | 10.4% | Liver cysts | 11 | 9.6% | |
Liver cysts | 50 | 7.0% | Liver cysts | 15 | 8.2% | Small amounts of ascites | 6 | 5.3% | |
Small amounts of ascites | 50 | 7.0% | Small amounts of ascites | 14 | 7.7% | ||||
Findings of minor clinical significance in <5% of patients | 243 | 68 | 49 |
several findings per patient possible.