Incidental Colorectal Computed Tomography Abnormalities: Would You Send every Patient for a Colonoscopy?

BACKGROUND: The clinical significance of colorectal wall thickening (CRWT) in patients undergoing abdominal computed tomography (CT) has not yet been definitively established.

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Main Authors: Edy Stermer, Alexandra Lavy, Tova Rainis, Omer Goldstein, Dean Keren, Abdel-Rauf Zeina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/901250
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spelling doaj-48e9c318009a4a1386c54ce5e969d7c62020-11-24T23:40:00ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002008-01-0122975876010.1155/2008/901250Incidental Colorectal Computed Tomography Abnormalities: Would You Send every Patient for a Colonoscopy?Edy Stermer0Alexandra Lavy1Tova Rainis2Omer Goldstein3Dean Keren4Abdel-Rauf Zeina5Gastroenterology Service, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelGastroenterology Service, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelGastroenterology Service, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelGastroenterology Service, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelGastroenterology Service, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelDepartment of Radiology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelBACKGROUND: The clinical significance of colorectal wall thickening (CRWT) in patients undergoing abdominal computed tomography (CT) has not yet been definitively established.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/901250
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Tova Rainis
Omer Goldstein
Dean Keren
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Incidental Colorectal Computed Tomography Abnormalities: Would You Send every Patient for a Colonoscopy?
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
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title Incidental Colorectal Computed Tomography Abnormalities: Would You Send every Patient for a Colonoscopy?
title_short Incidental Colorectal Computed Tomography Abnormalities: Would You Send every Patient for a Colonoscopy?
title_full Incidental Colorectal Computed Tomography Abnormalities: Would You Send every Patient for a Colonoscopy?
title_fullStr Incidental Colorectal Computed Tomography Abnormalities: Would You Send every Patient for a Colonoscopy?
title_full_unstemmed Incidental Colorectal Computed Tomography Abnormalities: Would You Send every Patient for a Colonoscopy?
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series Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
issn 0835-7900
publishDate 2008-01-01
description BACKGROUND: The clinical significance of colorectal wall thickening (CRWT) in patients undergoing abdominal computed tomography (CT) has not yet been definitively established.
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