• 1. Department of Ultrasonography, Meishan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Meishan, Sichuan 620010, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Meishan Chinese Railway Hospital, Meishan, Sichuan 620010, P. R. China;
  • 3. Department of Ultrasonography, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
ZhuangHua, Email: 55131340@qq.com
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Objective To evaluate the value of ultrasound in the differential diagnosis of thickened bowel wall at the lower quadrant of abdomen. Methods The ultrasonic and clinical data of 416 cases of bowel wall thickening at the lower quadrant of abdomen were retrospectively analyzed between January 2009 and April 2013 in Meishan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Meishan Chinese Railway Hospital and West China Hospital of Sichuan University. The diseases included appendicitis, periappendiceal abscess, Meckel's diverticulum, intestinal duplication, Crohn's disease and intestinal tuberculosis. Misdiagnoses were also analyzed. Results Among the 416 patients, there were 304 cases of inflammation, 90 of tumors, and 22 of congenital diseases. On ultrasound images, they manifested as cystic mass in 19 cases, mixed solid and cystic mass in 77 cases, and solid mass in 320 cases. Of all the cases, there were 56 cases of diffused changes, 54 of multiple-segment changes, and 306 of focal changes. Conclusion Ultrasound is a valuable diagnostic imaging tool in the differential diagnosis of bowel thickening diseases at the lower quadrant of abdomen.

Citation: LiZhongquan, LiPing, JingJigang, ZhuangHua. The Imaging Features of Thickened Bowel Wall at the Lower Quadrant of Abdomen by Ultrasound and Its differential Diagnostic Value. West China Medical Journal, 2016, 31(3): 519-522. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201600137 Copy

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