View larger version (79K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
|
A 53-year-old woman with a history of ulcerative colitis presented with abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. The abdominal examination revealed a distended and mildly tender abdomen with hypoactive bowel sounds. Plain films of the abdomen showed two characteristic features of ulcerative colitis — megacolon, with the transverse colon (normal diameter up to 6 cm) dilated to the height of 2.5 vertebrae (vertical arrows), and burned-out chronic colitis, with the left side of the colon showing foreshortening and a loss of haustra (arrowheads). The patient also had a Greenfield filter in place (horizontal arrow), since patients with inflammatory bowel disease are . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
Previous
