CT FINDINGS IN COLONIC WALL THICKENING IN VARIOUS ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS- CASE SERIES ABSTRACT NO:- 59

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CT FINDINGS IN COLONIC WALL THICKENING IN VARIOUS
ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS- CASE SERIESABSTRACT NO- 59
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INTRODUCTION-

•  Colonic wall thickening is one of the common
  findings in patients with abdominal complaints .
• Plain x ray, conventional barium enema,USG and CT
  with and without contrast are non invasive
  modalities useful in characterizing the bowel
  wall thickening.

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• CT can be helpful in the differentiation of
  intestinal disease.
• Important features to look for are
• Enhancement pattern
• Length of involvement
• Degree of mural thickening
• Mesenteric changes
• Lumen contents

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Tuberculosis causing thickening of ceacum and
ascending colon
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Tuberculosis causing thickening of ceacum and
terminal ileum
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Tuberculosis causing thickening of ascending
colon ,ceacum and ileoceacal junction
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Ischemic cause causing thickening of descending
and sigmoid colon
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Ulcerative colitis causing thickening of rectum
,sigmoid and descending colon
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Non Hodgkins lymphoma causing thickening of rectum
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Lymphoma causing thickening of ceacum and
ascending colon
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Adenocarcinoma causing thickening of sigmoid colon
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Adenocarcinoma causing thickening of ascending
colon
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Adenocarcinoma causing thickening of ascending
colon
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Carcinoid causing thickening of terminal ileal
and ceacal loop
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CONCLUSION-

• Spectrum of CT findings in various etiologic
  factors were described and correlated with
  clinical finding and other imaging modalities.
• CT plays a pivotal role in diagnosis, management
  and staging in malignant lesion.
• CT findings were well correlated with the
  histopathology in our study series.

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