title: Colorectal emergencies and related complications: a comprehensive imaging review--imaging of colitis and complications.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Colorectal emergencies are a common presentation in the emergency medicine setting and their timely diagnosis plays a crucial role in avoiding dreaded complications. The quintessential role of a radiologist lies in identifying the cause, narrowing the differential diagnosis according to imaging features, and, most importantly, identifying the associated complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This review focuses on imaging features of the spectrum of colitides and the complications related to colitides.
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Emergency Radiology, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University Midtown Hospital, 550 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308.
authors.forename: Kiran K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Maddu
authors.forename: Pardeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: Waqas
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shuaib
authors.forename: Anuj
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tewari
authors.forename: Oluwayemisi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ibraheem
authors.forename: Faisal
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khosa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003092:Colitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: CT; bowel perforation; colitis; diverticulitis; pericolonic abscess