Images of positive CT colonography (CTC) screening examination result in an asymptomatic 67-year-old man. Three-dimensional colon map from CTC (left image) shows the location of two sigmoid polyps ...

The main related advantages are: 1. VC foregoes colon intubation and results in no risk of colon perforation; 2. there is no need for sedation and better acceptance may be accomplished; 3. full colon ...

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in Europe, but timely screening can be highly effective in ...

For the all-important group who had 5- to 9-mm polyps detected by flexible sigmoidoscopy, 0.6% of women and 0.7% of men had cancer in the distal colon detected by colonoscopy, and 14.5% of women ...

Three-dimensional endoluminal and confirmatory two-dimensional transverse CTC images show a large 1.6- cm pedunculated polyp on top row (arrow) and a 9-mm pedunculated polyp in the distal sigmoid ...

PITTSBURGH — Allegheny General Hospital has opened a new diagnostic imaging center, the product of a $100 million renovation. Allegheny Health Network says the 50,000-square-foot facility’s ...

Jamie Comer was given a dire diagnosis of stage 4 colon cancer that had metastasized to her liver in 2016. With 45 tumors on her right side and 12 on her left, the San Francisco mom, then 47, was ...

The bowel is a common place for endometriosis lesions to grow. Bowel endometriosis is often misdiagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); it can occur inside, on, or around the intestines.

Jeffrey R Lewis; Lawrence B Cohen Disclosures Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013;7 (1):77-87.

Images of positive CT colonography (CTC) screening examination result in an asymptomatic 67-year-old man. Three-dimensional colon map from CTC (left image) shows the location of two sigmoid polyps ...

Therefore, serrated lesions ≤5 mm in size located in the recto-sigmoid colon remain the single group of colorectal polyps for which avoidance of resection is appropriate. 19 , 29 Identifying this ...