Clinical Significance of Incidental Colorectal Wall Thickening on Computed Tomography Scan in African-American and Hispanic Patients.

Autor:	Manmeet Padda, Jaydutt Vadgama, Paramjit Sandhu, Anil Dev, Ioannis Giannikopoulos
Předmět:	HEALTH of African Americans TOMOGRAPHY COLON cancer PATIENTS
Zdroj:	Digestive Diseases & Sciences; Nov2007, Vol. 52 Issue 11, p3159-3164, 6p
Abstrakt:	Abstract  We sought to assess the significance of an incidental finding of colorectal wall thickening (CRWT) on computed tomography (CT) scan in African-American and Hispanic patients. We retrospectively reviewed charts of African-American and Hispanic patients from January 1994 to December 2005. Those patients were included in whom the colonoscopy was performed due to incidental CRWT on CT scan. Patients with a history or a family history of colorectal malignancy, inflammatory bowel disease, or colorectal surgery, with an incomplete colonoscopic examination, or [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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