Colonic Endometriosis Mimicking Colon Cancer on a Virtual Colonoscopy Study: A Potential Pitfall in Diagnosis

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="379578.fig.002a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/crim/volume-2009/379578/figures/379578.fig.002a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Axial image from virtual colonoscopy demonstrates a segmental area of thickening (arrows) in the descending colon</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="379578.fig.002b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/crim/volume-2009/379578/figures/379578.fig.002b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Endoluminal fly through view shows stenosis and thickening of the segment of descending colon identified on the axial view</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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