CT of the bowel: use of water to enhance depiction.
To enhance computed tomography (CT) of the bowel walls, water was administered into the colon through the rectum in 42 patients: 16 with rectal cancer, 22 with other colon carcinomas, and four with tumors originating in the pelvic organs. The technique provided a good evaluation of the bowel walls; the presence and extension of the intestinal tumors was assessed in all cases, and infiltrations of the bowel wall from the pelvic tumors were excluded.
Angelelli
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University of Bari, Italy.
Macarini
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014867:Water
D003287:Contrast Media; D014867:Water