Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Acute Colitis due to Clostridium Difficile

60 year old patient presented with diarrhea and sepsis. CT abdomen showed acute colitis see the images below.




CT abdomen with contrast demonstrates
1 &2)Edema of sigmoid colon wall
3) Diverticula
4&5) Fat stranding, which is another sign of inflammation

Down below, same patient after 5 days of treatment with oral vancomycin showing significant improvement in colitis.


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