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Irritable bowel syndrome CT

Introduction

Overview

Overview

There are no CT scan findings associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

CT scan

CT scan

  • There are no CT scan findings associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
  • CT colonography might help in the differentiation of sub-types of IBS based on diameter and length of different sections of the colon.[1]
  • CT scan for cancer diagnosis is of lower utility in the absence of alarm symptoms.[2]
References

References

  1. ↑ Ohgo H, Imaeda H, Yamaoka M, Yoneno K, Hosoe N, Mizukami T, Nakamoto H (2016). “Irritable bowel syndrome evaluation using computed tomography colonography”. World J. Gastroenterol. 22 (42): 9394–9399. doi:10.3748/wjg.v22.i42.9394. PMC 5107703. PMID 27895427.
  2. ↑ O’Connor OJ, McSweeney SE, McWilliams S, O’Neill S, Shanahan F, Quigley EM, Maher MM (2012). “Role of radiologic imaging in irritable bowel syndrome: evidence-based review”. Radiology. 262 (2): 485–94. doi:10.1148/radiol.11110423. PMID 22156992.

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sudarshana Datta, MD [2]