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. 2009 Apr 1;4(4):e4863. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004863

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.