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Positive FOBT and alternating bowel habit

    Author: Franco Iafrate and Marcella Iannitti, Rome, Italy
    Body Region: CT Colonography

    1. Patient presentation
    2. CT Images
    3. CT Findings
    4. Diagnosis
    5. References

    1. Patient presentation

    • A 79-year-old woman at average risk for colorectal cancer reported mild abdominal pain with an alternating bowel habit.
    • A fecal occult blood test was positive.
    • As she refused to undergo conventional colonoscopy, she was referred for CT colonography.