Angiography with vasoactive drugs in diagnosis of diverticular disease and carcinoma of the sigmoid colon.
39 patients with sigmoid lesions have been examined with angiografphy, using epinephrine and propranolol. 11 had carcinoma, all were diagnosed angiographically. Fibrosis may appear similar on phamacoangiography whereas the inflammatory reaction is different.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004837:Epinephrine; D006801:Humans; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011433:Propranolol; D011859:Radiography; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D011433:Propranolol; D004837:Epinephrine