title: Colonic pseudoobstruction: CT findings.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University Health System, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Joon Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Hoguen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Myeong-Jin
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Nam Kyu
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ki Whang
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: 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