Inflammatory and Infectious Disease of the Colon

Nov 20, 2016 by in GASTROINTESTINAL IMAGING Comments Off on Inflammatory and Infectious Disease of the Colon

  Acute diverticulitis Acute appendicitis Primary epiploic appendagitis Clinical settings and risk factors Chronic low-fiber diet, physical inactivity, obesity, smoking, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs  Obesity, hernia, and unaccustomed exercise Symptoms…

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Subepithelial Lesions of the Stomach

Nov 20, 2016 by in GASTROINTESTINAL IMAGING Comments Off on Subepithelial Lesions of the Stomach

   Histological layers 1st: superficial mucosa 2nd: deep mucosa (muscularis mucosa) 3rd: submucosa 4th: muscularis propria 5th: serosa Neoplastic lesions GIST  O O O  Leiomyoma/leiomyosarcoma  O (O) O  Lipoma   O  …

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Small Bowel Obstruction

Nov 20, 2016 by in GASTROINTESTINAL IMAGING Comments Off on Small Bowel Obstruction

Extrinsic causes  Adhesion  Hernia  Volvulus  Neoplasm (serosal invasion) Intrinsic causes  Neoplasm (small bowel origin)  Inflammatory bowel disease  Radiation enteritis  Intramural hematoma  Intussusception  Ischemic enteritis  Postoperative stricture Intraluminal causes  Gallstone  Bezoar…

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Benign Tumors of the Colon

Nov 20, 2016 by in GASTROINTESTINAL IMAGING Comments Off on Benign Tumors of the Colon

Fig. 18.1 Familial adenomatous polyps. Coronal-reconstructed 2D (a) and surface rendering images (b) of CT colonography (CTC) demonstrate numerous polyps in the entire colon. (c) Circumferential wall thickening at the…

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