Computerized tomographic demonstration of toxic megacolon: report of a case.
Computerized tomography was performed on a patient with toxic megacolon. It is conceivable that a patient may be studied by CT prior to plain radiography, and the appearance of the colon described below should alert the examiner to the possibility of toxic megacolon.
D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008532:Megacolon, Toxic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed