Author: Franco Iafrate, Marcella Iannitti, Paolo Baldassari, Rome, Italy
Body Region: CT Colonography
1. Patient Presentation
- A 61-year-old woman with constipation and chronic pelvic pain tested positive on a faecal
occult blood test. - The patient was apyretic and did not have elevated levels of any inflammatory or tumoral
marker (carcinoembryonic antigen levels were normal). - Conventional colonoscopy was incomplete because of the presence of a stenosing lesion in the
sigmoid colon - She was referred to CT colonography for further analysis.