MR enterography of ileocolovesicular fistula in pediatric Crohn disease

Pediatr Radiol. 2011 May;41(5):663-7. doi: 10.1007/s00247-010-1896-z. Epub 2010 Nov 13.

Abstract

Crohn disease, a form of chronic inflammatory bowel disease is characterized by discontinuous inflammatory lesions of the gastrointestinal tract, has a variety of behavioral patterns, including penetrating or fistulous disease. While magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) excellently depicts inflamed bowel segments, it can also be used to assess for a variety of Crohn-disease-related extraintestinal complications, including fistulae. We present the MRE findings of a complex ileocolovesicular fistula in a 14-year-old boy with Crohn disease, where the fistulous tract to the urinary bladder was best delineated on precontrast T1-W imaging because of the presence of fecal material.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Biopsy
  • Crohn Disease / complications*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Intestinal Fistula / etiology
  • Intestinal Fistula / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Sigmoidoscopy
  • Urinary Bladder Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Urinary Bladder Fistula / etiology
  • Urinary Bladder Fistula / surgery