Thickening of rectal wall on CT
Posted on May 16th, 2009 in Colon Cancer, Rectal Cancer | 2 Comments »
Not uncommonly, an abdominal CT scan report may say there is thickening of the bowel wall in particular the rectum. The differentials here include:
1. normal bowel wall – perhaps the muscles the wall were contracted at the time of the scan
2. Rectal cancer in particular a circumferential tumour – therefore the next investigation from this is usually a colonoscopy
3. Inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease – but one would also see the diverticula etc
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Good starting point.. But have to reserch further.
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