Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 191-200 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Clinical Radiology |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2003 |
Keywords
- Colonic wall thickening
- Computed tomography
- Eosinophilic colitis
- Lymphocytic colitis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging