ArticleInsights into imaging2022
The relationship between perianal fistula activity and abdominal adipose tissue in Crohn's disease: an observational study.
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- A predictive model for differentiating perianal Crohn's disease activity with 3D transrectal ultrasonography.European radiology · 2026Article
- Increase in serum prolactin levels as a potential biomarker in Crohn's disease: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Increased CT Attenuation of Pericolic Adipose Tissue as a Noninvasive Marker of Disease Severity in Ulcerative Colitis.Korean journal of radiology · 2025Article
- A new protocolized treatment strategy optimizing medical and surgical care leads to improved healing of Crohn's perianal fistulas.Journal of Crohn's & colitis · 2025Article
- Dynamic CT-based body composition analysis predicts surgical risk in Crohn's disease with small bowel stenosis: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Quantification of Visceral Fat at the L5 Vertebral Body Level in Patients with Crohn's Disease Using T2-Weighted MRI.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Computed tomography-based body composition parameters can predict short-term prognosis in ulcerative colitis patients.Insights into imaging · 2024Article
- Establish a novel tumor budding-related signature to predict prognosis and guide clinical therapy in colorectal cancer.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Enhancing the Differentiation between Intestinal Behçet's Disease and Crohn's Disease through Quantitative Computed Tomography Analysis.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Body Composition Predictors of Complicated Crohn's Disease.Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Nutritional status in perianal Crohn's disease: are we underestimating the impact?Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between abdominal adipose tissue and perianal fistula activity in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) using cross-sectional imaging.
methodsPatients with perianal fistulizing CD who underwent pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and abdominal computed tomography (CT) were retrospectively enrolled. We scored the fistulas in each patient's MRI images based on Van Assche's classification. The area and density of subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) (at the third, fourth, and fifth lumbar (L3, L4, and L5) levels were measured by averaging five slices of measurements at each vertebral level in CT images, and areas were further standardized by the lumbar height
resultsOverall, 136 patients were included, 77 in the low-activity group and 59 in the high-activity group. Patients in the high activity group had lower subcutaneous adipose index (all levels, p < 0.05) and visceral adipose index (L3 level, p < 0.01), but higher SAT and VAT density (all levels, p < 0.01), VSR (L5 level, p = 0.07) and VA/TA index (L5 level, p < 0.05).
conclusionThere were differences in adipose tissue composition among CD patients with different active perianal fistulas.
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