colonic thickening

thickening of colon in Crohn's (found on CT or x-ray with barium) is from inflammation of a colon wall (maybe someone mentioned a cobblestone appearance). Another cause is systemic sclerosis, I'm not sure, if, and how often, Crohn's and SS would go together. If any concerns, biopsy (during colonoscopy) would only tell what it is.

I went to my family practioner who thought I had diverticulosis. He ordered cat scan. It showed I have thickening of colon and mentioned jejuneum. He sent me to gastroenterologist who thought I had Crohn's disease, but performed upper endoscopy and colonsocopy the same day. He no longer thinks I have Crohn's disease. He took biopsies and I don't have the results yet, but he thought the biopsies looked normal. My blood work was also normal.

My abdominal CT scan showed a thickening of the lumen of the sigmoid colon, but also said that the bowel is not well opacified with contrast in the pelvis. What are the causes and implications of a thickening of the colon, and what does the caveat about "not well opacified" mean?

i went to the dr and he said i have thickening around the colon and inflmmation to i had blood test done it also should inflammation im going for a colonoscopy to see what is going on just wonring if that means you can have colon cancer with the thickening of the colon. me help ginger This discussion is related to <a href='http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/231072'>thickening of colon lumen</a>.

My 23 year old son passed away from colon cancer 18 months ago.....So I have that history. I had a transabdominal/transvaginal pelvic ultrasound on 5-20-2011. The first day of my last period prior to the test was on 5-5-2011. The results are.... Uterus is normal size - 11.7 x 4.2 x 7.3 cm. No fibroids. Ovaries are normal in size. Endometrial thickness is 11 mm, which is prominent considering my age. Small amount of fluid is noted in the pelvic cul-de-sac.

On a CT Scan, if someone has been diagnosed with Pancreatitis, could that cause bowel wall thickening on the descending colon. This is whats stated on my scan notes. Im trying to figure this out. First they said possibly colitis, my gastro thinks I had a diverticulitis attack. I know there can be many reasons for bowel wall thickening, just would like some input. Curious as to how the pancreas could cause this. Thanks.

My husband under went Colon surgery for colon cancer in 2000, he has had a total of 6 surgeries because of a perforation of the colon. In June of this year he was told that on an endscope it showed that his stomach was like a carpet of polyps, the first dr. told us that the biopsy showed that it was not cancer, we went for a 2nd opinion because my husband is experiencing alot of discomfort, feeling full no matter how little or how much he eats and nausea mot all the time.

Impression: 1. thickening of the rectal wall, nonspecific in appearance. The possibility of proctits must be considered. Direct examination may be appropriate. 2. Some free fluid in the pelvis I had a sigmoidoscopy last Sept.(07). Could this have developed since then? What else could the thickening represent? Considering I had the sigmoid last year, do you think this could be cancer? I have an appointment with my GI doctor next week. I had the report faxed to him.

Due to a strong family history of colo-rectal cancers, I recently had a CT Scan done of the large bowel/colon, which showed a polyp in the rectal area. Upon colonoscopy to remove the polyp that was found during the CT Scan - the surgeon found another "submucosal thickening/polyp (?)" (that is how it is written on his report. Now he wants to talk to the radiologist who read the orginal CT Scan - and have him look again to see if this "submucosal thickening/polyp (?

Mine intestines and colon always seemed to be involved, but the endo specialist always assumed it was only outside the colon. And considering I have al the signsof colon cancer, my doctor was unwilling to laugh it off. Have either of you had a bowel resection? That's what I am looking at now and I don't know what that's going to be like.

of 2008 and was told that I have a hypertrophic colon ( thickening of walls) due to all of the episodes of diverticulitis that led up to the surgery. Now I am experiencing what my doc calls spasms. Horrible pain and bloating. He prescribed Bentyl, which works sometimes, but other times I have to rely on pain meds ( at night). I have not been able to find much info on this issue. Would love to hear from anyone else in the same situation.

thickening of the rectal wall, nonspecific in appearance. The possibility of proctitis must be considered. Direct examination may be appropriate. There is some free fluid in the pelvis Also, there is a low-density focus in the anterior aspect of the right kidney likely representing a small cyst and small low -density lesions in the left kidney, likely representing cysts. There is no retroperitoneal adenopathy. The GI tract appears normal.

Now the CT taken this week by the general physcian states that the sigmoid colon has severe thickening and the diverticulitis is worse than the last scan 4 years ago and I need to be refered to my GI doctor. Question is: In the results of the colonscope in december does it indicate anything that the CT scan taken this week is now stating? And if it does would a GI doctor want to reschedule another colonscope?

I just had a CT scan and have been diagnosed with a "mild wall thickening of the ascending colon and hepatic flexure" suggesting a colitis. Endoscopy may be helpful to further evaluate. Everything that I have been reading says that the most common symptoms are stomach cramping, diarrhea (even bloody diarrhea), frequent loose stools, fever chills, nausea, weight loss, and tiredness. Out of all these I only have lower abdominal pain and tiredness.

Or a tumor would look different at the CT scan and would involve only a smaller piece of the colon? Are colon tumors actually visible on a CT scan? Also, does a colitis lead to a narrowing of the whole rectosigmoid colon? How about the slightly enlarged lymph nodes? Could they have anyrhing to do with something like colitis or is that a sign of cancer? I am really concerned and I will see a GE in 2 weeks.

Or a tumor would look different at the CT scan and would involve only a smaller piece of the colon? Are colon tumors actually visible on a CT scan? Also, does a colitis lead to a narrowing of the whole rectosigmoid colon? How about the slightly enlarged lymph nodes? Could they have anyrhing to do with something like colitis or is that a sign of cancer? I am really concerned and I will see a GE in 2 weeks.

Or a tumor would look different at the CT scan and would involve only a smaller piece of the colon? Are colon tumors actually visible on a CT scan? Also, does a colitis lead to a narrowing of the whole rectosigmoid colon? How about the slightly enlarged lymph nodes? Could they have anyrhing to do with something like colitis or is that a sign of cancer? I am really concerned and I will see a GE in 2 weeks.

Hi, I am going to have surgery to have my colon removed due to atonic colon. I was born this way and have tried every thing for constipation(chronic) I am 57 years old. If I didn't have cit mag to drink, I would eventually die because nothing else works. Besides that I am healthy and in good shape. Anyway I am very afraid and don,t know what to expect afterwards. Also do I have to change my eating habits? What will happen to me?

My questions are whether or not these symptoms could be consistent with any type of cancer (colon or stomach). Since getting the 'bug', I have had severe burning pain under my rib cage (both sides) along with stomach cramping if I try to eat a 'normal' meal. I also have had consistent nausea (no vomitting) which has caused me to lose quite a bit of weight in those five weeks time. My bowel habits have been pretty typical considering everything else.

On October ct scan there is less inflammatory but persistent thickened loop of sigmoid colon and persistant mild diverticulitis. I have sigmoid colon removal surgery scheduled soon. Am I making the right choice? Gastroenterologist seemed sure... Surgeon is leaving it up to me.I still have small amount of daily pain and bowel movements are often long snake shaped.

My wife has gone through a number of colon examinations from a full colonoscopy 3 years ago to a failed (only the sigmoid could be done) 4 months ago to a double contrast barium Xray a month ago because of the failed Colonoscopy to a Virtual (CT) colonoscopy a few days ago. This first exam 3 years ago found 3 non cancerous polyps to nothing being found in either the failed colonscopy and Double contrast Barium Xray.

Risk factors for endometrial cancer include PCOS, diabetes, overweight, colon cancer, breast cancer, age. You don't mention any of these risk factors. You are probably at fairly low risk because of all the progesterone that is used in IVF cycles. Hope everything turns out OK! Good luck!

1. Does an abdominal scan include the colon? Or, would that be a pelvic scan? Is there even a medical difference between an abdominal and pelvic scan? 2. If an abdominal scan does include the colon, can I assume my issues are not related to cancer since it takes a relatively long time for a polyp to morph into a tumor and some wall thickening would be visible on the scan? I'd like to get feedback from a doctor here -- or someone with firsthand knowledge.

After my surgery for colon cancer I had colostomy bag for 6 wks. then reverse surgery. Even though doctor did a great job. I am now experiencing thick heavy bowel movements that cause a burning sensation that at times I have to stand in shower and run cold water to ease pain. I am now wearing depends undergarments to protect myself from mishaps. I am spending a great deal of time in bathroom trying to pass this. I am concern with this after 5 months good news is the tumor removed is benign.

Fast forward twelve years and I feel like I am some what reliving that point in time. Though this time they found an abnormal thickening in the walls of my colon. They feel it is endometriosis, though cancer can present the same way. I honestly believe it is endometriosis, but cancer being mentioned is always scary. So my question is, if it was cancer wouldn't they see signs in my blood work or the biopsy that was taken? Shouldn't that rule cancer out? It bothers me that they even mentioned it.

i am a colon cancer survivor and just has a sigmoidoscopy 1 month ago which was negative. 2 days i had a full body ct scan and now the results show that there is thickening of the rectum wall, what does that mean?

I had my colon removed and small intestine connected to the rectum. After infections and 27 days in the hospital i came home very weak. I lost 25 pounds in hospital and 10 more after coming home. I didn't eat for 3 weeks while in the hospital before they started feeding me some nutritional food through a IV. I'm now gaining weight again and eating and drinking almost normal again. My stools are frequent and liquid but with meds I can cut down the frequency.

11 year old Female Chow/GS mix, presented with enlarged urethra, vulva and colon, gelatinous substance when pooing, urine appears clear. Ultra sound revealed mass on vulva, lesion and small stones in bladder, enlarged colon, swelling of urethra mass shows no vascular formations. Excessive straining when pooing 2 weeks prior to other symptoms, bled from vulva upon internal manual examination of rectum. Will not sit, back legs appear weaker.

: : I`m a 30 year old man that has had problem with my bowels all my life,constipation I have been having stomach pains for several years not severe untill about three weeks ago they started getting worse and I stay bloted all the time and when I eat is when the pains are worse.

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