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- Title
Colorectal cancer in inflammatory bowel diseases: CT features with pathological correlation.
- Authors
Hristova, Lora; Soyer, Philippe; Hoeffel, Christine; Marteau, Philippe; Oussalah, Abderrahim; Lavergne-Slove, Anne; Boudiaf, Mourad; Dohan, Anthony; Laurent, Valérie
- Abstract
Purpose: To describe CT features of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-related colorectal cancer and correlate the imaging findings with histopathological findings. Materials and methods: CT imaging findings in 17 patients with IBD-related colorectal cancer were retrospectively evaluated. Imaging findings were correlated with surgical and histopathological findings. Univariate and multivariate analyses explored the relationships between CT and histopathological variables. Results: Two different CT patterns were individualized including clearly visible soft tissue mass (8/17; 47%) (Type 1 tumor) or stenosis with marked circumferential thickening resembling inflammation (9/17; 53%) (Type 2 tumor). At univariate analysis, thickness of tumor-free colorectal wall at CT was greater in Crohn disease (median, 13 mm) than in ulcerative colitis (median, 7 mm) ( P = 0.011). Significant association was found between presence of signet ring cells and Type 2 tumor at CT (6/9, 67% P = 0.009) and colonic dilatation proximal to tumor (5/6, 83%; P = 0.035). At multivariate analysis, free-fluid effusion was the single independent CT variable predictive for the presence of signet ring cells (odds ratio = 50; 95% CI 2.56-977.02; P = 0.01). Conclusion: Colorectal cancer in IBD displays two main features on CT. Type 2 tumors and free-fluid effusion correlate with presence of signet ring cells. Knowledge of these findings is critical to help suggest the diagnosis.
- Subjects
INFLAMMATORY bowel diseases; COLON cancer; COMPUTED tomography; CLINICAL pathology; HISTOPATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE studies; MULTIVARIATE analysis
- Publication
Abdominal Imaging, 2013, Vol 38, Issue 3, p421
- ISSN
0942-8925
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00261-012-9947-6