title: Phlebosclerotic colitis: imaging-pathologic correlation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan.
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusanagi
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Toshifumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gabata
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ida
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abo
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isse
mesh_terms: 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