MRI small bowel - Crohn’s disease

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MRI small bowel - Crohn’s disease

  • This coronal plane image shows thickening of the small bowel wall at the terminal ileum due to Crohn’s disease
  • Normal bowel wall is shown for comparison
  • Thickening of the terminal ileum wall forms a stricture and causes dilatation of the more proximal small bowel

Page author: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust UK (Read bio)

Last reviewed: March 2018