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Open AccessCT colonography followed by elective surgery in patients with acute diverticulitis: a radiological-pathological correlation study
To perform a radiologic-pathologic correlation analysis of sigmoid colon in patients undergoing pre-operative CT Colonography (CTC) after an episode of acute diverticulitis (AD).
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Ultrasonographic Assessment of Anorectal Fistulae
The configuration of perianal sepsis and the relationship of abscesses or fistulae with internal and external sphincters are the most important factors influencing the results of surgical management. Preoperat...
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Normal Gastrointestinal Tract
Transcutaneous sonography allows the evaluation of almost all tracts of the gut. The main characteristics of the gastrointestinal tract, in particular the features of its wall, intraluminal content, and extrai...
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Mesenteric Lymphadenopathy
Enlargement of mesenteric lymph nodes is a common sonographic finding, in particular in children and young adults. It may be the manifestation of various clinical disorders, mainly malignant, immunological or ...
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Oral Contrast-Enhanced Bowel Ultrasound
Bowel ultrasound has become accepted in clinical practice as a primary useful tool in the diagnostic workup and follow-up of several gastrointestinal disorders. The major limit of sonographic evaluation the ga...
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Intestinal Ultrasound in Ulcerative Colitis
Endoscopy is the method of choice in the diagnosis and assessment of ulcerative colitis. However, intestinal ultrasound may be also useful as preliminary investigation in patients with suspected disease and in...
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Infectious Enteritis
Bacterial infectious enteritis is one of the most frequent causes of morbidity worldwide. In otherwise healthy adults it is usually of short course and self-limiting. The most common symptoms are diarrhoea, fe...
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Ulcerative Colitis
Endoscopy is the method of choice in the diagnosis and in assessing the extent and severity of ulcerative colitis (UC). However, if endoscopy is incomplete or contraindicated, transabdominal ultrasound (US) ma...
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Bowel Ultrasound: Investigation Technique and Normal Findings
Ultrasonographic examination of the gastrointestinal tract is currently employed in many suspected acute and chronic inflammatory conditions, for purely diagnostic purposes and the follow-up of well-known gast...
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Perianal Ultrasound Anatomy
Transperineal is a non-invasive, simple and quick ultrasonographic procedure used for the examination of ano-rectal region. It may be performed with conventional probes, positioned directly above the anus. The...
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Epiploic Appendagitis
Epiploic appendagitis is an uncommon, benign inflammatory process of epiploic appendages which are adipose structures protruding from the colon. Epiploic appendagitis is an infrequent, often misdiagnosed cause...
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Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Western countries. Computed tomography (CT) colonography and conventional colonoscopy are the procedures of choice for the diagnosis. However, s...
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Crohn’s Disease
Intestinal ultrasound has been proven to be a useful as a screening tool in patients with clinically suspected Crohn’s disease as well as in the follow-up of patients already diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. In...
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Cystic Fibrosis, Amyloidosis, Vasculitis and other Rare Disorders
Intestinal ultrasonography has been proved as valid tool in inflammatory conditions of the gastrointestinal tract. However, little is known about the ultrasonographic features of rarer intestinal diseases, lik...
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Perianal Fistulae and Abscesses
Perianal fistulae and abscesses are debilitating conditions, frequently encountered in clinical practice. Perianal fistulae are classified according to their nature and their anatomical course relative to the ...
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Intestinal Endometriosis
Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. Endometriosis occurs almost exclusively in women between 20 and 45 years old, in particular up to 15 % of fertile women and up...
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Crohn’s Disease
Fistulization is one of the major troublesome issues of Crohn’s disease (CD). Fistulas are abnormal tracts formed between the gut and the skin, between the gut and an abscess cavity, or between the gut and oth...
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Cryptoglandular Fistulas
Cryptoglandular anal fistulas arise from inflammation of the proctodeal glands of the intersphincteric space. The mucus secretions of the anal glands empty into the anal crypts, thereby lubricating the anus. A...
