title: Colitis cystica profunda.
abstract: A 39-year-old woman with inflammatory bowel disease was admitted to the hospital because of cramping abdominal pain and diarrhea. Ultrasound of the abdomen revealed thickening of the wall of the descending colon. At endoscopy mucosa-covered nodules with substenosis were seen. A double-contrast examination showed narrowing in the transition zone between the descending colon and sigmoid with mucosal nodularities and barium spots in between. Examination of the resection specimen revealed colitis cystica profunda. After surgical treatment the history of the patient was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dewandel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schraepen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vanbeckevoort
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Geboes
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Delvaux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gevers
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aerts
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ponette
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003287:Contrast Media; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004760:Enterocolitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D001466:Barium Sulfate