Owen John Arthurs1, Ilse Joubert1,
Martin John Graves1, Pat Set1, David John Lomas1
1Department of Radiology, University of
Cambridge and Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United
Kingdom
Gut
malrotation is a congenital disorder of abnormal intestinal rotation, for
which the current diagnostic technique is an upper GI X-ray contrast study.
This study evaluated the feasibility of interactive MR fluoroscopy for
defining the gastro-intestinal tract anatomy in un-sedated children with
suspected malrotation. We imaged 9 children using both X-ray fluoroscopy,
FIESTA and interactive SSFSE MR imaging. We confidently identified the DJ
flexure (7/9; 77%), orientation of the SMA / SMV (8/9; 88%) and the caecum
(9/9; 100% using MRI. Interactive MR Fluoroscopy is feasible for gut imaging
in un-sedated children.