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CT colonography features of sigmoid diverticular disease
Marc J Gollub1, Sujata Jhaveri, Eric Schwartz
1Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA. gollubM@mskcc.org
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.
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