<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> MRI has become the method of choice for evaluating perianal fistulae due to its ability to display the anatomy of the sphincter muscles orthogonally, with good contrast resolution. In this article we give an outline of the classification of perianal fistulae and present a pictorial assay of sphincter anatomy and the MRI findings in perianal fistulae. This study is based on a retrospective analysis of 21 patients with a clinical diagnosis of perianal fistula.</p></abstract>

MRI has become the method of choice for evaluating perianal fistulae due to its ability to display the anatomy of the sphincter muscles orthogonally, with good contrast resolution. In this article we give an outline of the classification of perianal fistulae and present a pictorial assay of sphincter anatomy and the MRI findings in perianal fistulae. This study is based on a retrospective analysis of 21 patients with a clinical diagnosis of perianal fistula.

Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of perianal fistulas

Faculty of Medicine, University “Ovidius” of Constanta

Pozitron Medical Investigation, Bd. Ferdinand 108, bl. R4, sc. B, ap. 17 Constanta, Romania, phone: +40 723649000

ARS Medica Tomitana

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MRI has become the method of choice for evaluating perianal fistulae due to its ability to display the anatomy of the sphincter muscles orthogonally, with good...

Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of perianal fistulas

Published Online: Aug 19, 2016

Page range: 113 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsm-2016-0020

Keywords
fistula, perianal, MRI

© by Cristina-Mădălina Deacu

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of perianal fistulas

Published Online: Aug 19, 2016

Page range: 113 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsm-2016-0020

Keywordsfistula, perianal, MRI

© by Cristina-Mădălina Deacu

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
fistula, perianal, MRI