Published 2016 | Version v1
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Noninvasive evaluation of active pan-ulcerative colitis with multiple strictures using Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography

Creators

  • 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (India)
  • 2. Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (India)
  • 3. Department of General Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (India)

Description

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease characterized by waxing and waning inflammation that changes in severity and extent and may progress to neoplasia, especially in the presence of strictures. When patients have nonnegotiable strictures or severe inflammation with ulcers, colonoscopy is difficult and carries the risk of perforation. The authors present a patient with pan-UC with multiple strictures, in whom fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography was used to noninvasively evaluate the extent and severity of the disease

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.172367; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4746848

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4746848;
DOI
10.4103/0972-3919.172367;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Journal Volume
31
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 65-66
ISSN
0972-3919

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47084617
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
DISEASES; EVALUATION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; INFLAMMATION; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Descriptors DEC
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SYMPTOMS; TOMOGRAPHY

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Notes
PMCID: PMC4746848; PMID: 26917901; PUBLISHER-ID: IJNM-31-65; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4746848; Copyright: (c) Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine