Colonoscopy findings in end-stage liver disease patients with incidental CT colonic wall thickening.
OBJECTIVE
Colonic wall thickening may occur in patients with end-stage liver disease. This study was conducted to correlate colonoscopy with CT-detected colonic wall thickening in this group of patients to assess their radiologic and clinical relevance.


CONCLUSIONS
Our results suggest that CT findings of colonic wall thickening in end-stage liver disease should be considered benign, and colonoscopy is unnecessary for the evaluation of malignancy or colitis unless it is clinically indicated.
Ormsby
Eleanor L
EL
Department of Radiology, University of California, Davis Medical Center and Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, 4860 Y St., Ste. 3100, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
Duffield
Curtis
C
Ostovar-Sirjani
Farshad
F
McGahan
John P
JP
Troppmann
Christoph
C
D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*