Minimal preparation CT colon for diagnosis of colonic cancers in elderly patients: Auditing clinical outcomesSaklani, AClayton, AAkhtar, SAdams, HDavies, M
A request for autopsy was declined by the patient's family, but a postmortem CT scan one hour after death revealed extensive pneumatosis intestinalis of the entire small bowel, right colon and sigmoid, gas in the portal system, and blood vessels, with free air and unclear fluid in the perito...
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A virtual colonoscopy in which you get a CT scan of your colon and rectum, with no sedation, but the same bowel-cleaning preparation used in a regular colonoscopy Flexible sigmoidoscopy, which uses a thin, flexible lighted tube to see the inside of the rectum and part of your colon, usual...
Bowel preparation solutions or barium Abrupt discontinuation ofsteroidsSteroidsA group of polycyclic compounds closely related biochemically to terpenes. They include cholesterol, numerous hormones, precursors of certain vitamins, bile acids, alcohols (sterols), and certain natural drugs and poisons. Steroids...
Patients and Methods: A total of 38 patients, in whom there was a high likelihood of colonic polyps or cancer, underwent a noncontrast helical CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis after regular colonoscopy bowel preparation.The images were reconstructed into a VC presentation and compared with the...
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Virtual colonoscopy— similar to a barium enema; but instead of standard x-rays, a CT (computerized tomogram) scan is performed. These pictures give much better detail than what can be seen with a regular barium enema.Expected duration of a colon polypIf...
markedly than expected in the postoperative period. Free air under the diaphragm may not be visible on an erect chest x-ray, but CT will show pneumoperitoneum and fluid around the anastomosis. In patients who have undergone anterior resection, it is advised to perform the scan with rectal ...
A whole-body PET/CT protocol for tumor staging and a protocol for CT colonography were integrated into one examination. No cathartic bowel preparation was used before this examination. Thirteen prospective patients with obstructive cancer were examined. We compared the detection rates for obstructive co...