Incidental Colorectal Computed Tomography Abnormalities: Would You Send every Patient for a Colonoscopy?

Edy Stermer; Alexandra Lavy; Tova Rainis; Omer Goldstein; Dean Keren; Abdel-Rauf Zeina

doi:10.1155/2008/901250

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2008)

Incidental Colorectal Computed Tomography Abnormalities: Would You Send every Patient for a Colonoscopy?

Edy Stermer,
Alexandra Lavy,
Tova Rainis,
Omer Goldstein,
Dean Keren,
Abdel-Rauf Zeina

Affiliations

Edy Stermer: Gastroenterology Service, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Alexandra Lavy: Gastroenterology Service, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Tova Rainis: Gastroenterology Service, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Omer Goldstein: Gastroenterology Service, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Dean Keren: Gastroenterology Service, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Abdel-Rauf Zeina: Department of Radiology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/901250
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. 9
pp. 758 – 760

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: The clinical significance of colorectal wall thickening (CRWT) in patients undergoing abdominal computed tomography (CT) has not yet been definitively established.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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