Imaging of Ischemic Colitis
| Autor: | Eric Delabrousse, Marine Devaux Hoquet, Sophie Aufort, Patrice Taourel, Fernanda Curros Doyon, S. Mérigeaud |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain business.industry Ischemia General Medicine Disease medicine.disease Ischemic colitis Diagnosis Differential Diarrhea Epidemiology medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiology medicine.symptom Colitis Medical diagnosis Tomography X-Ray Computed business Colitis Ischemic Aged Ultrasonography |
| Zdroj: | Radiologic Clinics of North America. 46:909-924 |
| ISSN: | 0033-8389 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.rcl.2008.06.003 |
| Popis: | Ischemic colitis accounts for more than half of all cases of gastrointestinal ischemia and constitutes between 1 per 2000 and 3 per 1000 acute hospital admission. It typically affects elderly patients, being a frequent cause of rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. This article describes the epidemiology, physiology, and pathology of this underdiagnosed condition; reviews the clinical patterns of this disease, which constitute a key diagnostic point in patients who have a thickening of the colonic wall; and describes the ultrasound (US) and CT findings, pitfalls, and differential diagnoses of ischemic colitis. The value and limitations of US and CT at the different diagnostic stages is discussed. |
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