- Infectious Enterocolitis : Key Facts
- May be caused by agents including Yersinia, Campylobacter or Salmonella
- CT shows terminal ileum thickening without inflammatory mass but often with nodes - Crohns Disease : Key Facts
- Patients with crohns may initial present as suspected appendicitis
- Key is symmetric wall thickening and fibrofatty proliferation - "Our results suggest that CT findings of colonic wall thickening in end stage liver disease should be considered benign, and colonoscopy is unnecessary for the evaluation of malignancy or colitis unless it is clinically indicated."
Colonoscopy Findings in End Stage Liver Disease Patients with Incidental CT Colonic Wall Thickening
Ormsby EL et al.
AJR 2007; 189:1112-1117 - "The colonoscopy changes primarily ranged from mild mucosal edema to increased vascularity and telangiectasia, probably from hypoproteinemia or portal hypertension."
Colonoscopy Findings in End Stage Liver Disease Patients with Incidental CT Colonic Wall Thickening
Ormsby EL et al.
AJR 2007; 189:1112-1117
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