Phlebosclerotic colitis: imaging-pathologic correlation.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to analyze the imaging findings of phlebosclerotic colitis in comparison with histologic findings.


CONCLUSIONS
Calcifications and/or obstructions of the veins of the colonic wall and adjacent mesentery and collateral formation, edematous thickening of the colonic wall, and increased density in the fatty tissue of the surrounding mesentery were features of this rare entity. However, in the early stage of the disease, no definite calcification of the affected veins was observed.
Kusanagi
Miho
M
Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan.
Matsui
Osamu
O
Kawashima
Hiroko
H
Gabata
Toshifumi
T
Ida
Masahiro
M
Abo
Hitoshi
H
Isse
Kumiko
K
D000368:Aged; D017091:Colitis, Ischemic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012598:Sclerosis