Clinical Study

CT Findings in Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Ischemic Colitis: Suggestions for Diagnosis

Figure 5

Continuous mild and irregular circumferential thickening of the colon with gaping lumen (arrow) in the chronic phase of IC. At endoscopy, the colon appeared with gaping lumen and disappearance of the haustral folds; the mucosa was pale and irregularly thickened. The histological examination showed the presence of areas of fibrotic tissue.
895248.fig.005