CT imaging of acute E. Coli-related colitis.
Patients with abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea often present in the acute setting to the emergency department for evaluation. After the appropriate clinical assessment, cross-sectional imaging is often utilized to evaluate for the severity of the disease. Although a wide spectrum of findings may be seen, diffuse colonic mural thickening, consistent with pancolitis, is most common. We report an Escherichia coli 0157:H7-related pancolitis in a patient with spinach intake linked to the recent outbreak.
Morgan
John
J
Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, 170 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA. Jmorgan911@aol.com
Bell
Megan
M
Sadler
Michael A
MA
D000328:Adult; D019412:Anatomy, Cross-Sectional; D003092:Colitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018724:Spinacia oleracea / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed