Thursday, February 20, 2014

Acute Colitis due to Clostridium Difficile

60 year old patient presented with diarrhea and sepsis. CT scan 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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