Contrast with Mre scan

[wduk]

I was wondering how necessary is the gadolinium contrast agent for this scan? I saw some research saying it might not be as needed as expected.

Has anyone rejected having the gadolinium injection and still had a successful scan?

 

[my little penguin]

They are now doing ultrasound with contrast instead with success in some cases
Might be worth asking
My kiddo is allergic to contrast and gadolidium so even the ultrasound isn’t the best image

 

[wduk]

They are now doing ultrasound with contrast instead with success in some cases
Might be worth asking
My kiddo is allergic to contrast and gadolidium so even the ultrasound isn’t the best image

Is there a name for that type of ultrasound I'll see what they say, but I doubt they even support ultrasound technique I never saw it listed on the website

 

[my little penguin]

Not sure just that is a special crohns specific ultrasound and the tech /radiologist has to be trained specifically to do it

https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/fo...rohns-disease-and-ulcerative-colitis-patients
https://bmcgastroenterol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12876-022-02326-6
https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation...ses-of-ultrasound-monitoring-and-treating-ibd

 

[wduk]

Not sure just that is a special crohns specific ultrasound and the tech /radiologist has to be trained specifically to do it

https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/fo...rohns-disease-and-ulcerative-colitis-patients
https://bmcgastroenterol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12876-022-02326-6
https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation...ses-of-ultrasound-monitoring-and-treating-ibd

Thanks for the links, seems the NHS isn't aware of it. I'll email my consultant on it. He's suggested CT scan which I didn't want so I'm waiting for colonscopy but I think a scan would still be needed. They never seem to suggest ultrasound here in the UK at least not with the contrast technique.

 

[my little penguin]

For soft tissue MRE is far superior to cte and Less radiation
Colonoscopy really can’t tell the whole picture like his the small intestine look (20 ft of them )
So imaging is a must as well as a capsule endoscopy (pill cam )
Ultrasound is very very new started in Australia a few years ago
Just moved to the US in limited areas so not wide spread here either
Good luck

 

[wduk]

For soft tissue MRE is far superior to cte and Less radiation
Colonoscopy really can’t tell the whole picture like his the small intestine look (20 ft of them )
So imaging is a must as well as a capsule endoscopy (pill cam )
Ultrasound is very very new started in Australia a few years ago
Just moved to the US in limited areas so not wide spread here either
Good luck

I see so mre is likely unavoidable, thanks for the advice. Is pill cam as effective given it only sees surface level inflammation, seems a bit redundant if having mre