CT colonography
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Author:
Mikael Häggström [notes 1]
Contents
Planning
Choice of modality in suspected colon cancer
- Colonoscopy is generally the first investigation of choice
- CT colonography is the investigation of choice in case colonoscopy is unfeasible or has been performed with incomplete examination. Such potential causes include patient discomfort or intolerance to the colonoscopy, looping of the scope, redundant colon, colonic spasm, acute angle flexures and tortuosity, and colonic obstruction caused by a tumor or adherences from previous surgery.[1]
Settings
Generally:
- Bowel preparation with laxative
- Air (such as CO2) insufflation. For patients with a hernia large enough to constitute a risk for incarceration of the colon, attending personnel need to be prepared to abort the insufflation in case the patient develops pain that is unusually severe during the procedure.
- Non-contrast image in prone position, and contrast CT in supine position in venous phase.
Evaluation
- Suspicious masses, preferably by internal view of a 3D reconstruction.
- Basic screening of the abdomen and pelvis
Notes
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