Computed tomography colonography: a retrospective analysis of outcomes of 2 years experience in a district general hospital.

Background: Colonoscopy is the gold-standard investigation for direct luminal visualization of the large bowel. Studies have shown the efficacy of computed tomography colonography (CTC) is equivalent to colonoscopy in both cancer and polyp detection.

Methods: A retrospective review of patients undergoing CTC from January 2013 to October 2014 was performed.

Excess anticoagulation as a cause of small-bowel obstruction: a report of two cases.

Spontaneous intramural haemorrhage is a rare cause of small-bowel obstruction, occurring most commonly in those who are anticoagulated. We describe two cases that presented with a history and imaging suggestive of small-bowel obstruction; both had International Normalized Ratios of above 10 on admission. The first case, a 62-year-old lady on warfarin for atrial fibrillation, was managed conservatively with good effect.

Pituitary protein 7B2 plasma levels in patients with liver disease: Comparisons with other hormones and neuropeptides.

7B2, a protein initially isolated from the porcine pituitary gland, has been identified in numerous animal and human tissues, with the highest concentrations in the pituitary and hypothalamus. The 7B2 molecule is highly evolutionarily conserved and is considered to be indispensable in the function and regulation of proprotein convertase 2 (PC2). In the present study, the plasma 7B2 immunoreactivity (7B2-IR) of 18 patients with liver disease was studied.

Computed tomography findings of bowel wall thickening: its significance and relationship to endoscopic abnormalities.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to conduct retrospective analysis of abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT) reports, identifying those patients in whom bowel wall thickening (BWT) was observed, and to correlate these reports with subsequent endoscopic evaluation.

Methods: Formal reports for all patients undergoing abdominopelvic CT between February 2007 and September 2009 were reviewed. Where patients were identified as having colorectal 'wall thickening', results of subsequent endoscopic evaluations were documented.