KEY FACTS Terminology Acute inflammation or infarction of epiploic appendages (EA, fat-filled serosal outpouchings on colonic surface) You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy Unlimited articles Become membership If you are a member.…
KEY FACTS Terminology Outpouching of colonic mucosa and submucosa, most commonly in sigmoid colon You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy Unlimited articles Become membership If you are a member. Log in here
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KEY FACTS Terminology Acute transmural fulminant colitis with colonic dilation and systemic toxicity You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy Unlimited articles Become membership If you are a member. Log in here
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KEY FACTS Terminology Life-threatening, necrotizing enterocolitis occurring primarily in severely neutropenic patients Imaging Best imaging tool: CECT with multiplanar reformations Massive mural thickening of cecal ± ascending colon wall – Other segments of colon and small bowel can be affected…
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KEY FACTS Terminology Hardened and impacted mass of feces that cannot be passed and obstructs colonic lumen Stercoral ulceration Pressure necrosis of bowel lumen by fecal mass You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and…
KEY FACTS Terminology Colonic inflammation due to bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic infections Imaging Best imaging tool: CECT with multiplanar reformations Mucosal hyperenhancement, marked submucosal edema, ascites Multiple air-fluid levels, inflamed pericolonic fat Ultrasound findings Symmetric wall thickening and submucosal…