MRI reveals different Crohn's disease phenotypes in children and adults
To identify differences between two cohorts of adult and pediatric patients affected by Crohn’s disease (CD), withregard to lesion location in the small intestine and colon-rectum, lesion activity, and prevalence of perianal disease (PD), usingMRI as the main diagnostic tool.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed 350 consecutive MRI examinations performed between 2013 and 2016 in outpa-tients or inpatients with histologically proven CD, monitored by the Gastroenterology and Pediatric Units of our Hospital.The magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) protocol for adult and pediatric CD patients rou