Abstract #0392
Magnetic Resonance Elastography of Liver: Utility in Autoimmune Hepatitis
Jin Wang 1,2 , Meng Yin 1 , Sudhakar Kundapur Venkatesh 1 , and Richard L. Ehman 1
1
Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN,
United States,
2
Radiology,
The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University,
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic liver disease of
unknown etiology with a tendency to relapse and progress
to cirrhosis. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of
2D-MRE in predicting cirrhosis in biopsy-proven AIH with
no prior treatment and in patients with AIH who already
received treatment. Study results showed that MRE has
excellent accuracy in detecting cirrhosis in AIH in both
pretreatment and treatment groups. Preliminary study
also showed that MRE is useful to assess treatment
response in patients on treatment. MRE, therefore is a
useful non-invasive technique for detection of cirrhosis
in AIH and assessment of treatment response.
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