Diagnostic accuracy and tolerability of contrast enhanced CT colonoscopy in symptomatic patients with increased risk for colorectal cancer

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 513-518

  Özsunar, Yelda ^a   Coskun, Gülten ^b   Delibaş, Naciye ^a   Uz, Burcin ^a   Yükselen, Vahit ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Izmir Ataturk Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colon; Colon cancer; Colonography; Colonoscopy; Computerized tomography (CT)

Indexed keywords

COLON; COLON CANCER; COLONOGRAPHY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY COLONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; CONTRAST-ENHANCED CT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOLUMINAL; INTRAVENOUS CONTRAST; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; OPTICAL COLONOSCOPY; PRONE POSITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ENDOSCOPY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON LAVAGE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SUPINE POSITION; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 69849107388     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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