Cecal Carcinoma: Initially Diagnosed as Crohn's Disease on Small Bowel Follow-Through

Cecal Carcinoma: Initially Diagnosed as Crohn's Disease on Small Bowel Follow-Through

Lesions in the terminal ileum are often difficult to visualize on routine small bowel follow-through (SBFT) and may require further investigation to rule out associated abnormalities in the ileocecal valve or cecum. This may be done by peroral pneumocolon at the same sitting as the SBFT, but may req...

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Main Authors: Donald H Taves, Linda Probyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2001-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/212313
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spelling doaj-6b40ba7f68944b348a5e10778d9d09c32020-11-24T23:25:47ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002001-01-0115533734010.1155/2001/212313Cecal Carcinoma: Initially Diagnosed as Crohn's Disease on Small Bowel Follow-ThroughDonald H Taves0Linda Probyn1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CanadaLesions in the terminal ileum are often difficult to visualize on routine small bowel follow-through (SBFT) and may require further investigation to rule out associated abnormalities in the ileocecal valve or cecum. This may be done by peroral pneumocolon at the same sitting as the SBFT, but may require bowel preparation. Two cases of cecal carcinoma that were initially diagnosed as Crohn's disease on SBFT without further investigation of the cecum are reported.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/212313
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Cecal Carcinoma: Initially Diagnosed as Crohn's Disease on Small Bowel Follow-Through
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
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title Cecal Carcinoma: Initially Diagnosed as Crohn's Disease on Small Bowel Follow-Through
title_short Cecal Carcinoma: Initially Diagnosed as Crohn's Disease on Small Bowel Follow-Through
title_full Cecal Carcinoma: Initially Diagnosed as Crohn's Disease on Small Bowel Follow-Through
title_fullStr Cecal Carcinoma: Initially Diagnosed as Crohn's Disease on Small Bowel Follow-Through
title_full_unstemmed Cecal Carcinoma: Initially Diagnosed as Crohn's Disease on Small Bowel Follow-Through
title_sort cecal carcinoma: initially diagnosed as crohn's disease on small bowel follow-through
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
issn 0835-7900
publishDate 2001-01-01
description Lesions in the terminal ileum are often difficult to visualize on routine small bowel follow-through (SBFT) and may require further investigation to rule out associated abnormalities in the ileocecal valve or cecum. This may be done by peroral pneumocolon at the same sitting as the SBFT, but may require bowel preparation. Two cases of cecal carcinoma that were initially diagnosed as Crohn's disease on SBFT without further investigation of the cecum are reported.
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