Colonic Wall Thickening Reported in Abdominal CT: Does It Always Imply Malignancy?

Table 1

Demographic data and results of colonoscopy and histopathological evaluation of the patients.

		Group I	Group II	Total () (%)
Female		23	19	42 (36.2%)
Male		41	33	74 (63.8%)
Age (years)
Colonoscopic-histopathological evaluation		()	()
Colonoscopy with no finding		27	—	27 (23.2%)
Benign	Polyps	22	—	37 (31.9%)
	Colitis	10	—
	Diverticulum	5	—
Malign	Adenocarcinoma	—	51	52 (44.8%)
	Lymphoma	—	1
Total ()		64	52	116