scholarly journals The value of magnetic resonance imaging for assessing disease extent and prediction of relapse in early peripheral spondyloarthritis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Renson ◽  
Philippe Carron ◽  
Ann‐Sophie De Craemer ◽  
Liselotte Deroo ◽  
Manouk de Hooge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Disease Extent ◽  
Peripheral Spondyloarthritis ◽  
Prediction Of Relapse

scholarly journals Magnetic resonance imaging and BMB score in the evaluation of bone involvement in Gaucher’s disease patients

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 216-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Andrade Fernandes de Mello ◽  
Melissa Bozzi Nonato Mello ◽  
Laís Bastos Pessanha
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Bone Involvement ◽  
Type I ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Gaucher's Disease ◽  
Gaucher’S Disease ◽  
Disease Extent ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Objective: To evaluate by magnetic resonance imaging changes in bone marrow of patients undergoing treatment for type I Gaucher’s disease. Materials and Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study of Gaucher’s disease patients submitted to 3 T magnetic resonance imaging of femurs and lumbar spine. The images were blindly reviewed and the findings were classified according to the semiquantitative bone marrow burden (BMB) scoring system. Results: All of the seven evaluated patients (three men and four women) presented signs of bone marrow infiltration. Osteonecrosis of the femoral head was found in three patients, Erlenmeyer flask deformity in five, and no patient had vertebral body collapse. The mean BMB score was 11, ranging from 9 to 14. Conclusion: Magnetic resonance imaging is currently the method of choice for assessing bone involvement in Gaucher’s disease in adults due to its high sensitivity to detect both focal and diffuse bone marrow changes, and the BMB score is a simplified method for semiquantitative analysis, without depending on advanced sequences or sophisticated hardware, allowing for the classification of the disease extent and assisting in the treatment monitoring.

scholarly journals Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in children: state of the art

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Reis Teixeira ◽  
Jorge Elias Junior ◽  
Marcello Henrique Nogueira-Barbosa ◽  
Marcos Duarte Guimarães ◽  
Edson Marchiori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Vascular Malformations ◽  
The Body ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Whole Body Imaging ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Disease Extent ◽  
Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Whole-body imaging in children was classically performed with radiography, positron-emission tomography, either combined or not with computed tomography, the latter with the disadvantage of exposure to ionizing radiation. Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in association with the recently developed metabolic and functional techniques such as diffusion-weighted imaging, has brought the advantage of a comprehensive evaluation of pediatric patients without the risks inherent to ionizing radiation usually present in other conventional imaging methods. It is a rapid and sensitive method, particularly in pediatrics, for detecting and monitoring multifocal lesions in the body as a whole. In pediatrics, it is utilized for both oncologic and non-oncologic indications such as screening and diagnosis of tumors in patients with genetic syndromes, evaluation of disease extent and staging, evaluation of therapeutic response and post-therapy follow-up, evaluation of non neoplastic diseases such as multifocal osteomyelitis, vascular malformations and syndromes affecting multiple regions of the body. The present review was aimed at describing the major indications of whole-body MRI in pediatrics added of technical considerations.

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