title: A Case of Colon Cancer Associated with Ulcerative Colitis: Evaluation Using CT Colonography.
abstract: A 29-year-old female with ulcerative colitis was found to have advanced sigmoid colon cancer on colonoscopy. Computed tomography (CT) was performed after colonoscopy for the evaluation of metastasis. CT colonography (CTC) could be understood adding carbon dioxide because of soon after colonoscopic examination. Images of CTC were evaluated by two- and three-dimensional images including virtual endoscopic, virtual colon dissection and air images, and then compared with conventional endoscopic images. Virtual endoscopic images of flat elevated cancer with shallow ulcer were similar to those findings by conventional endoscopy. This lesion could be depicted by computer-aided detection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan. tamaki-i@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp or tamaki-i@mars.sannet.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Tamaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Sotaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadahiro
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yuhara
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Muneki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mine
authors.forename: Sakura
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imai
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D039021:Colonic Pouches; D023881:Colonography, Computed Tomographic / Q000379:methods*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D016737:Proctocolectomy, Restorative / Q000379:methods; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014584:User-Computer Interface