RADIOLOGY AND IMAGING OF THE COLON

Radiology has seen dramatic technological advances in recent years. This multi-author text describes the current approach to colonic imaging and provides a detailed insight into likely future developments. The role of radiology in cancer screening is fully considered. In this context, particular attention is devoted to CT and MR virtual colonography, which, it is anticipated, will largely replace barium enema radiology and reduce the use of diagnostic colonoscopy. Modern cancer staging techniques, including PET scanning, are reviewed, and post-treatment follow-up strategies are examined. The imaging of inflammatory and traumatic conditions of the colon is described, as are current colonic interventional options, such as tumour stenting, colon decompression and vascular embolisation. In short, this book provides a comprehensive, well-illustrated and up-to-date review of colonic imaging.

Written for:

Practitioners/professionals and clinicians in the fields of radiology, gastroenterology, and proctology

Contents

• 1 Screening for Colorectal Cancer - Wendy Atkin and John Northover
• 2 Screening Those at High Risk for Colorectal Cancer - Marc Tischkowitz and Shirley Hodgson
• 3 The Signifi cance of the Flat Adenoma - Bjorn Rembacken
• 4 The Pathology of Large Bowel Polyps - Nigel Scott and Anthony H. Chapman
• 5 An Introduction to Imaging Colonic Neoplasms - Alison Gillams
• 6 Virtual Colonography - John Bruzzi and Helen Fenlon
• 7 Dietary Faecal Tagging - Philippe Lefere and Stefan Gryspeerdt
• 8 MR Colonography - Andrea Laghi, Isabella Baeli, Pasquale Paolantonio, Franco Iafrate, Daniele Marin, Carlo Miglio, Roberto Passariello
• 9 Self-Expanding Metal Colonic Stents - Stephen Halligan
• 10 Endorectal Ultrasound in Rectal Carcinoma - Michael C. Hill
• 11 Rectal Tumours – MRI - Regina G. H. Beets-Tan and Geerard L. Beets
• 12 Staging and Follow-Up of Colorectal Cancer - J. Ashley Guthrie
• 13 Positron Emission Tomography in the Management of Colon Cancer - Stephen J. Skehan
• 14 Sonography of Appendicitis in Adults: Current Status - Etienne M. Danse, Bernhard E. Van Beers, Patrice Taourel
• 15 CT of Appendicitis - Abraham A. Ghiatas and Nick Kritikos
• 16 CT of Diverticulitis - Abraham A. Ghiatas and Georgia P. Economou
• 17 Diagnosing Infl ammatory Bowel Disease – Is There Still a Case for Barium Enema? - Maria Sheridan
• 18 Ultrasound of Colitis - Robert James Peck
• 19 CT of Colitis - Ruedi F. Thoeni
• 20 MRI of Colitis - Francesca Maccioni
• 21 Colonic Scintigraphy - Philip J. A. Robinson
• 22 CT Angiography of Splanchnic Vessels - Andrea Laghi, Riccardo Ferrari, Filippo Mangiapane, Simona Trenna, Daniele Marin, Roberto Passariello
• 23 Diagnosis and Management of Acute Colonic Bleeding - Iain Robertson and Richard Edwards
• 24 Colonic Lymphoma - Niklas Hennessy, Jenny Macpherson, Ken Tung
• 25 Colorectal Trauma - Dina F. Caroline and Anthony H. Chapman
• 26 The Diagnosis and Management of Colonic Obstruction and Pseudo-Obstruction - Andrew Lowe and Anthony H. Chapman
• 27 Barium Radiology of Unusual Colonic Morphology - Damian Tolan and Anthony H. Chapman
• 28 New Developments in Colonoscopy - Brian P. Saunders
• Subject Index
• List of Contributors