title: Diseases of the cecum: a CT pictorial review.
abstract: Cecal pathology is commonly encountered and may represent a diagnostic challenge in patients with either acute or chronic clinical presentations. Although appendicitis accounts for the majority of surgical conditions presenting with right lower quadrant pain, readers should be aware of the broad spectrum of cecal pathologies and characteristic CT findings, which can be useful in establishing the correct diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Gluecker
authors.forename: Eric E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.forename: Joel G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hough
authors.forename: Bonnie J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Huppert
authors.forename: Stephanie K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: Mary B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Casey
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Farrell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002432:Cecum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D053706:Typhlitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014456:Ulcer / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D055815:Young Adult