Flat terminal ileum mre

[my little penguin]

So I got all of DS's records for the last year.
Any idea on why the TI would be "flat" in an MRE??
I don't think he drank enough contrast
But just checking here.

 

[DustyKat]

Hmmmm, not sure about that one.

I well imagine that it could relate to what you are suggesting. The only other thing that I can think of is it being used as a descriptive term in relation to the villi but if this was the case I would think that they would mention the villi somewhere along the way.

Dusty. xxx

 

[Patricia56]

Pretty sure the villi are too small to visualize on an MRE.

Can you give us more of the description? Might help clarify things.

Otherwise I would take it at face value - that in some aspect it was flat from the radiologist's perspective. I do not think that automatically means something bad. The radiologist may have just been muttering along doing his/her dictation and "it's flat" kind of just skittered out along with more meaningful stuff.

But I do not know. That's why I wonder if more of the description might help.