MR-IMAGING OF DIFFUSE CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA OF THE RECTOSIGMOID COLON

Authors
DJOUHRI H ARRIVE L BOURAS T MARTIN B MONNIERCHOLLEY L TUBIANA JM
Citation
H. Djouhri et al., MR-IMAGING OF DIFFUSE CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA OF THE RECTOSIGMOID COLON, American journal of roentgenology, 171(2), 1998, pp. 413-417
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
American journal of roentgenology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0361803X
Volume
171
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
413 - 417
Database
ISI
SICI code
0361-803X(1998)171:2<413:MODCHO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. We retrospectively reviewed five pathologically proven case s of diffuse cavernous hemangioma of the rectosigmoid colon to define the MR imaging features of this entity. CONCLUSION. Diffuse cavernous hemangioma of the rectosigmoid colon is revealed as rectosigmoid wall thickening with high signal intensity on T2-weighted MR images. Such w all thickening is associated with abnormal perirectal fat. The extent of bowel involvement and extrarectal locations are well shown on T2-we ighted MR images.