CT colonography features of sigmoid diverticular disease. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to assess the sigmoid distensibility during CT colonography (CTC) in patients with diverticular disease. METHODS: Consecutive patients without a history of pelvic radiation or neoplasms underwent 150 CTC. Three radiologists in consensus evaluated axial images for colonic distention, luminal diameters (mm), diverticula, and muscular thickening. RESULTS: The minimum colon diameter in patients with muscular thickening was significantly smaller, irrespective of the presence of diverticula (P=.009). CONCLUSION: Muscular thickening with diverticular disease was associated with significantly less sigmoid colon distension.

publication date

  • May 1, 2005

Research

keywords

  • Colonography, Computed Tomographic
  • Diverticulitis, Colonic
  • Diverticulum, Colon
  • Sigmoid Diseases

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 18044377759

PubMed ID

  • 15855066

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 29

issue

  • 3