Misleading interpretations of distended post-op bowel in Helical CT scan

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Eustathia Kailidou
Emmanuel G. Pavlakis
Vasiliki Katsiva
Euthimios Avgerinos
Michael Tibishrani
Konstantinos Vlasis
Nicolas Condilis
Panayiotis Skandalakis
Evaggelos Pikoulis
Dimitrios Filippou

Abstract

Differential diagnosis of distended post-op colon can be misleading when based solely to imaging findings. A case report of an artefact giving the impression of faecal leak or foreign body (gossypiboma) in Spiral Computerized Tomography after colonic surgery is presented. The patient was managed conservatively due to the lack of clinical evidence of abdominal emergency. A second CT scan twenty days later revealed no findings besides minor colonic diverticulas.

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Kailidou, Eustathia, et al. “Misleading Interpretations of Distended Post-Op Bowel in Helical CT Scan”. Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia, vol. 78, no. 4, July 2007, pp. 315-8, https://annaliitalianidichirurgia.it/index.php/aic/article/view/3019.
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