title: Unused colon in the adult -- roentgen findings.
abstract: Two cases are reported of acquired microcolon distal to long-standing transverse colostomies performed 25 and 13 years previously. The radiologic appearance of the bypassed unused colon was similar to that of the microcolon of infants, demonstrating shortening, tubulation, and lack of haustrations.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003125:Colostomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography