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The bowel and beyond: extracolonic findings from CT colonography.
Lambe, Gerard; Hughes, Peter; Rice, Louise; McDonnell, Caoimhe; Murphy, Mark; Judge, Ciaran; Guiney, Michael.
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  • Lambe G; Radiology Department, St. James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland. gerard.lambe@ucdconnect.ie.
  • Hughes P; Radiology Department, St. James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
  • Rice L; Radiology Department, St. James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
  • McDonnell C; Radiology Department, St. James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
  • Murphy M; Radiology Department, The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland.
  • Judge C; Gastroenterology Department, St. James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
  • Guiney M; Radiology Department, St. James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Ir J Med Sci ; 191(2): 909-914, 2022 Apr.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33761095
ABSTRACT
CT colonography has emerged as the investigation of choice for suspected colorectal cancer in patients when a colonoscopy in incomplete, is deemed high risk or is declined because of patient preference. Unlike a traditional colonoscopy, it frequently reveals extracolonic as well as colonic findings. Our study aimed to determine the prevalence, characteristics and potential significance of extracolonic findings on CT colonography within our own institution. A retrospective review was performed of 502 patients who underwent CT colonography in our institution between January 1, 2010 and January 4, 2015. Of 502 patients, 60.63% had at least one extracolonic finding. This was close to other similar-sized studies (Kumar et al. Radiology 236(2)519-526, 2005). However, our rate of E4 findings was significantly higher than that reported in larger studies at 5.3%(Pooler et al. AJR 206313-318, 2016). The difference may be explained by our combination of symptomatic/screening patients or by the age and gender distribution of our population. Our study lends support to the hypothesis that CT colonography may be particularly useful in identifying clinically significant extracolonic findings in symptomatic patients. CT colonography may allow early identification of extracolonic malignancies and life-threatening conditions such as an abdominal aortic aneurysm at a preclinical stage when they are amenable to medical or surgical intervention. However, extracolonic findings may also result in unnecessary investigations for subsequently benign findings.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Neoplasias Colorretais / Colonografia Tomográfica Computadorizada Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Neoplasias Colorretais / Colonografia Tomográfica Computadorizada Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article