CT demonstration of ascending colon varices.
The radiographic appearance of intestinal edema, including colonic edema, has been well described in the literature. Severe wall circumferential thickening can occur within the colon in a number of conditions. This includes edema secondary to colitis, allergy, ischemia, and infiltrative neoplastic processes. Edema may be secondary to low protein levels, as from protein losing enteropathy, nephrotic syndrome, and hepatic cirrhosis. The following case, in which there was severe ascending colonic wall thickening due to edema, is unusual in two respects: it had well-developed demonstrated "protective" right colonic varices and a normal protein level.
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Department of Radiology, J.D. Weiler Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461.
D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004487:Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D001798:Blood Proteins