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Uveitis CT
Introduction
Overview
Overview
There are no diagnostic CT scan findings associated with uveitis. The presence of certain CT findings, in the presence of uveitis, may be suggestive of specific underlying causes such as inflammatory bowel disease[1][2][3], sarcoidosis[4][5], and Behcet’s disease[6][7].
CT
CT
There are no diagnostic CT scan findings associated with uveitis. The presence of certain CT findings, in the presence of uveitis, may be suggestive of specific underlying causes.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Crohn’s disease
The following CT findings are suggestive of Crohn’s disease:[1][2]
- Fat halo sign
- Comb sign
- Transmural bowel wall enhancement
- Fistulae
- Skip lesions
Ulcerative colitis
The following CT findings are suggestive of ulcerative colitis:[1][3]
- Inflammatory pseudopolyps
- Fat halo sign
- Lead pipe sign
- Rectal involvement
- Mural stratification
Sarcoidosis
The following CT findings are suggestive of sarcoidosis:[4][5]
- Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy
- Galaxy sign in pulmonary sarcoidosis
- Panda sign in sarcoid lesions affecting the head
- Liver and spleen nodules corresponding with granulomas appearing as hypoattenuating masses
Behcet’s disease
The following CT findings are suggestive of Behcet’s disease:[6][7]
- Pulmonary vascular abnormalities (e.g., ectasia, aneurysms, infarction, thromboembolism, venous varices, hemorrhage)
- Features of aortitis
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gore RM, Balthazar EJ, Ghahremani GG, Miller FH (1996). “CT features of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease”. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 167 (1): 3–15. doi:10.2214/ajr.167.1.8659415. PMID 8659415.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Furukawa A, Saotome T, Yamasaki M, Maeda K, Nitta N, Takahashi M; et al. (2004). “Cross-sectional imaging in Crohn disease”. Radiographics. 24 (3): 689–702. doi:10.1148/rg.243035120. PMID 15143222.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roggeveen MJ, Tismenetsky M, Shapiro R (2006). “Best cases from the AFIP: Ulcerative colitis”. Radiographics. 26 (3): 947–51. doi:10.1148/rg.263055149. PMID 16702465.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Warshauer DM, Lee JK (2004). “Imaging manifestations of abdominal sarcoidosis”. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 182 (1): 15–28. doi:10.2214/ajr.182.1.1820015. PMID 14684507.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nakatsu M, Hatabu H, Morikawa K, Uematsu H, Ohno Y, Nishimura K; et al. (2002). “Large coalescent parenchymal nodules in pulmonary sarcoidosis: “sarcoid galaxy” sign”. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 178 (6): 1389–93. doi:10.2214/ajr.178.6.1781389. PMID 12034602.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ahn JM, Im JG, Ryoo JW, Kim SJ, Do YS, Choi YW; et al. (1995). “Thoracic manifestations of Behçet syndrome: radiographic and CT findings in nine patients”. Radiology. 194 (1): 199–203. doi:10.1148/radiology.194.1.7997553. PMID 7997553.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Emad Y, Abdel-Razek N, Gheita T, el-Wakd M, el-Gohary T, Samadoni A (2007). “Multislice CT pulmonary findings in Behçet’s disease (report of 16 cases)”. Clin Rheumatol. 26 (6): 879–84. doi:10.1007/s10067-006-0408-x. PMID 17024317.
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