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Radiology
February 2014
From the Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, E3/311 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792-3252.
Purpose: To describe carpet lesions (laterally spreading tumors ≥ 3 cm) detected at computed tomographic (CT) colonography, including their clinical, imaging, and pathologic features.
Materials And Methods: The imaging reports for 9152 consecutive adults undergoing initial CT colonography at a tertiary center were reviewed in this HIPAA-compliant, institutional review board-approved retrospective study to identify all potential carpet lesions detected at CT colonography. Carpet lesions were defined as morphologically flat, laterally spreading tumors 3 cm or larger.
Trop Gastroenterol
September 2013
1st Department of General Surgery, 417 NIMTS, Veterans Hospital of Athens, Monis Petraki 10-12, Athens, 11521, Greece.
J Surg Case Rep
December 2010
Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, UK.
Carpeted villous adenomas of rectum may be extensive and not suitable for transanal excision or Endoscopic mucosal resection. We present a case of such lesion extending from anorectal junction to rectosigmoid region. After biopsy and staging, this was managed by a sphincter saving procedure, i.
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July 2001
Division of Gasteoenterology, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201-3098, USA.
A case of solitary rectal ulcer syndrome in a 36-year-old woman presenting with severe, persistent mucorrhea and eroded polypoid hyperplasia as the predominant clinical features, who was ultimately noted to have symptoms of rectal prolapse, is presented. Endoscopically, she had multiple (50 to 60) small, whitish polypoid lesions in the rectum that were initially misinterpreted as being a carpeted villous adenoma, juvenile polyposis or atypical proctitis. The lesions were treated with argon plasma coagulation with resolution, but a solitary rectal ulcer developed.
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July 2000
Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA>
The double-contrast barium enema examination has been recognized as an option for colorectal cancer screening in Americans with average risk who are greater than 50 years of age. The purpose of this article is to review the principles for diagnosing colorectal neoplasms on double-contrast images and the spectrum of findings associated with these lesions. Colonic polyps can be sessile or pedunculated; their appearance depends on whether they are located on the dependent or nondependent wall of the bowel.
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