Incidental colorectal computed tomography abnormalities: Would you send every patient for a colonoscopy?

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 758-760

  Stermer, Edy ^a   Lavy, Alexandra ^a   Rainis, Tova ^a   Goldstein, Omer ^a   Keren, Dean ^a   Zeina, Abdel Rauf ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal wall thickening; CT; Incidental finding

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LARGE INTESTINE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 54849431615     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/901250     Document Type: Article

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