Clinical significance of incidental colorectal wall thickening on computed tomography scan in African-American and Hispanic patients
| Autor: | Jaydutt V. Vadgama, Anil Dev, Manmeet Padda, Ioannis Giannikopoulos, Paramjit Sandhu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adenoma Physiology Colon Colonoscopy Malignancy Gastroenterology Diagnosis Differential Colonic Diseases Predictive Value of Tests Internal medicine Melanosis coli medicine Prevalence Humans Clinical significance Aged Retrospective Studies medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Rectum Hispanic or Latino Hypertrophy Diverticulitis Middle Aged medicine.disease Colorectal surgery United States Diverticulosis Black or African American Rectal Diseases Female business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Digestive diseases and sciences. 52(11) |
| ISSN: | 0163-2116 |
| Popis: | 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 |
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