Colonic pseudoobstruction: CT findings.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this review was to define the imaging features of colonic pseudoobstruction and to describe the pathologic findings.


CONCLUSIONS
Colonic pseudoobstruction can be diagnosed on the basis of CT findings that show extensive colonic dilatation without an obstructive lesion at the intermediate transitional zone or adjacent to the splenic flexure. Pathologic examination reveals that intramural ganglion damage has a high tendency to occur in cases of chronic colonic pseudoobstruction.
Choi
Ji Soo
JS
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University Health System, Republic of Korea.
Lim
Joon Seok
JS
Kim
Hoguen
H
Choi
Jin-Young
JY
Kim
Myeong-Jin
MJ
Kim
Nam Kyu
NK
Kim
Ki Whang
KW
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003112:Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D023881:Colonography, Computed Tomographic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome