Unusual Causes of Colonic Wall Thickening on Computed Tomography
Computed tomography (CT) appearances in “colitis” are often non-specific, and include mural thickening and mesenteric fat stranding. In the western world, the majority of cases will have, or be subsequently diagnosed with, inflammatory bowel disease, pseudomembranous colitis or ischaemic colitis. Ho...
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Published in | Clinical Radiology Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 191 - 200 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Book Review Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Amsterdam
Elsevier Ltd
01.03.2003
Elsevier |
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Summary: | Computed tomography (CT) appearances in “colitis” are often non-specific, and include mural thickening and mesenteric fat stranding. In the western world, the majority of cases will have, or be subsequently diagnosed with, inflammatory bowel disease, pseudomembranous colitis or ischaemic colitis. However, other rare conditions may also produce these rather non-specific signs. We present a number of cases demonstrating colonic wall thickening on CT due to rarer diagnoses, which are correlated with the histopathological features. Some of these CT appearances have not been described previously in the literature. |
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ISSN: | 0009-9260 1365-229X |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0009-9260(02)00468-3 |