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Editor's quiz: GI snapshot
Identifying the ‘Right’ colon lesion
  1. A D Hopper1,
  2. P D Mooney2,
  3. A Blakeborough2
  1. 1 Department of Gastroenterology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, UK
  2. 2 Department of Radiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Andrew D Hopper, Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road Sheffield, Room J19, J Floor, Sheffield, UK; andydhopper{at}aol.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2016-311422

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    A 64-year-old woman presented to the colorectal clinic with 3 months of symptoms of loose stools, flatulence and some weight loss. There was no history of abdominal pain, rectal bleeding or anaemia. A similar episode 5 years earlier resolved spontaneously but was investigated with a colonoscopy at that time and revealed diverticular disease and a 3 mm hyperplastic polyp at the hepatic flexure. To investigate the current symptoms, a repeat colonoscopy was advised but this was initially declined in favour of CT colonography (CTC) to avoid the laxative preparation and pain experienced during the previous examination. The CTC was performed following a day of modified diet and three (30 mL) split doses of Gastrografin without any other laxatives.

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors ADH: drafted manuscript. PDM and AB: provided images and revised manuscript approving final version.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.