Is colonoscopy still mandatory after a CT diagnosis of left-sided diverticulitis: Can colorectal cancer be confidently excluded?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1265-1270

  Lau, K C ^a   Spilsbury, K ^b   Farooque, Y ^a   Kariyawasam, S B ^a   Owen, R G ^a   Wallace, M H ^a,c   Makin, G B ^a  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; CT scan; Diverticular disease; Diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORATION; POLYP; PREVALENCE; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLON, DESCENDING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052718406     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31822899a2     Document Type: Article

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