CT colonography for follow-up after surgery for colorectal cancer.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to discuss the CT colonography (CTC) findings and the role of CTC for follow-up after curative surgery for colorectal cancer.


CONCLUSIONS
Contrast-enhanced CTC can be effective for surveillance for colorectal cancer recurrence after curative surgery because it enables simultaneous evaluation of distant abdominal metastasis, pericolic recurrence, intraluminal recurrence, and metachronous lesions. The appearances of anastomotic recurrences at CTC overlap with those of more common inflammatory polyps and rare benign ulcers.
Choi
Young Jun
YJ
Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 388-1 Poongnap-Dong, Songpa-Gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea.
Park
Seong Ho
SH
Lee
Seung Soo
SS
Choi
Eugene K
EK
Yu
Chang Sik
CS
Kim
Hee Cheol
HC
Kim
Jin Cheon
JC
D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D023881:Colonography, Computed Tomographic / Q000379:methods*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013997:Time Factors
D003287:Contrast Media