ArticleGastroenterology research and practice2019
Colonic Wall Thickening Reported in Abdominal CT: Does It Always Imply Malignancy?
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- Evaluation of Endoscopic Findings in Gastrointestinal Tract Wall Thickening Detected on Abdominal Radiological Imaging: A Two-Center Retrospective Descriptive Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Improved Diagnostic Performance Using Dual-Energy CT-Derived Slope Parameter Images in Crohn's Disease.Journal of imaging informatics in medicine · 2025Article
- Predictors of colorectal carcinoma and inflammatory bowel disease in patients with colonic wall thickening.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2022Article
- Efficiency of dual-energy computed tomography enterography in the diagnosis of Crohn's disease.BMC medical imaging · 2021Article
- Predictors of Neoplasia in Colonic Wall Thickening Detected via Computerized Tomography.Cureus · 2020Article
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Abstract
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backgroundEarly diagnosis of patients with colon cancer is one of the most important parameters affecting the survival of patients. In this study, we aimed to examine the effect of the age, hemoglobin (Hb), albumin, neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR), thrombocyte lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and mean platelet values (MPV) on the separation of benign and malignant diseases in patients with suspected colon wall thickness (CWT) observed in abdominal computed tomography (CT) examination.
methodThe study included 116 patients between the ages of 18 and 95 who had CT examination where the colon wall could be evaluated and who also had colonoscopy. Patients suspected for CWT in CT with difficulties in differential diagnosis were divided into two groups according to colonoscopic-histopathological evaluations. Normal or benign pathological causes were included in the first group, while malignant causes constituted the second group. Whether the two groups differed in terms of CWT, Hb, age, albumin, NLR, PLR, and MPV values was investigated with descriptive statistics.
resultsOne hundred and sixteen patients (74 males, 42 females) with CT examinations and colonoscopic sampling were included in the study. After colonoscopic and histopathological evaluations, there were 64 cases in the first group and 52 in the second group. According to the results of the univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression, CWT, Hb, NLR, and MPV were identified to be independent variables for determining colon cancer.
conclusionA combined evaluation of Hb, NLR, and MPV values in patients with CWT in abdominal CT examination may contribute to the separation of benign and malignant pathologies.
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