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Abstract #4663

MR Fluoroscopy for Gastrointestinal Malrotation in Unsedated Infants

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.