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9699046

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-11
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study is to review the computed tomography (CT) appearance of infectious and inflammatory diseases, and neoplasms of colon. Forty-five patients with 25 cases of colonic neoplasms and 20 cases of inflammatory and infectious diseases of colon were evaluated based on CT findings of colonic wall thickening (> 5 mm, soft tissue density versus pure wall edema or both), length of the involved segment (short (< or = 5 cm) versus long segment), pericolic infiltration, mesenteric infiltration, lateroconal fascial thickening, mechanical ileus, ascites, contiguous terminal ileum involvement, distribution of the diseased colon, and abscess formation. The results were compared using chi-square test or Fisher's exact test. Our results showed that colonic wall thickening of soft tissue density with or without edema and pure bowel wall edema were the two statistically significant findings in differential diagnosis of colon (p < 0.05). We concluded that CT is a good imaging tool to make differential diagnosis between infectious/ inflammatory diseases and neoplasms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0899-7071
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
246-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Inflammatory/infectious diseases and neoplasms of colon. Evaluation with CT.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article