Replacing barium enema with CT colonography in patients older than 70 years: The importance of detecting extracolonic abnormalities

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1104-1111

  Tolan, Damian J M ^a   Armstrong, Euan M ^b   Chapman, Anthony H ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barium enema; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal cancer screening; CT colonography; Elderly patients

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; IODIXANOL; IOHEXOL; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; PICOSULFATE SODIUM; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISIPAQUE 300;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLON DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DEFECATION HABIT; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENEMA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35649028454     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2026     Document Type: Article

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