Extracolonic findings (ECF) on CT colonography (CTC) in patients presenting with colorectal symptoms

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 851-862

  Badiani, Sarit ^a   Tomas Hernandez, Silvia ^b   Karandikar, Sharad ^a   Roy Choudhury, Shuvro ^b  

^a Department of General Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT colonography; Extracolonic findings; Extracolonic malignancy; Negative predictive value; Sensitivity and specificity; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES;

CT COLONOGRAPHY; EXTRACOLONIC FINDINGS; EXTRACOLONIC MALIGNANCY; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY;

DIAGNOSIS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IOPAMIDOL;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; EXTRACOLONIC FINDINGS; EXTRACOLONIC MALIGNANCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR; VERY ELDERLY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; PROCEDURES;

CT COLONOGRAPHY; EXTRACOLONIC FINDINGS; EXTRACOLONIC MALIGNANCY; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84886799648     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185113486371     Document Type: Article

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