title: Misleading interpretation of distended post-op bowel images in Helical CT scan.
abstract: Differential diagnosis of distended post-op colon can be misleading when based solely to imaging findings. A case report of an artefact giving the impression of faecal leak or foreign body (gossypiboma) in Spiral Computerized Tomography after colonic surgery is presented. The patient was managed conservatively due to the lack of clinical evidence of abdominal emergency, A second CT scan twenty days later revealed no findings besides minor colonic diverticulas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Asklipeion Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Eustathia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kailidou
authors.forename: Emmanuel G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Pavlakis
authors.forename: Vasiliki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Katsiva
authors.forename: Euthimios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Avgerinos
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tibishrani
authors.forename: Efstratios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Christianakis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vlasis
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Condilis
authors.forename: Panayiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Skandalakis
authors.forename: Evaggelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pikoulis
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Filippou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016477:Artifacts; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed