So I'm running around like a mad woman trying to gather up all my paperwork from various doctors and collect my x-rays from the hospitals I have been at in the past 6 months in order for the second opinion doctors to have all the information without having to go through all those wonderful tests again.
Of course, I had to put the disk in my computer since I have already read all the paperwork on me. This is apparently my diagnosis if anyone was losing sleep over it...lol. I just thought I would share, not sure why but I am... Maybe because people on here would also be able to understand the jargon since my other friends have no clue...haha
The abdomen and pelvis have been scanned helically with intravenous contrast.
CT enterography protocol has been followed.
The liver, spleen, and both kidneys appear normal.
The patient had a previous total colectomy and there is a terminal
ileo-ostomy present in the right lower quadrant.
There are several grossly abnormal loops of small bowel identified. There are
multiple dilated segments with some narrow thick wall segments intervening. The
second and 3rd parts of the duodenum are involved and are dilated with some
narrowing of the distal 3rd and 4th parts of the duodenum and proximal jejunum.
There are then multiple segments of dilated jejunum with intervening
strictures. Proximal jejunal loops are aneurysmally dilated measuring up to 6
cm in diameter. The small bowel is somewhat shortened and I believe that there
may have been previous distal ileum or resection as well as the colonic
resection. There is a dilated segment of small bowel seen in the pelvis. This
likely represents more mid or distal ileum.
There is no evidence of mesenteric disease. There is no evidence of
intra-abdominal or pelvic abscess identified and no definite evidence of
fistula formation.
There is no free fluid in the abdomen or pelvis.
CONCLUSION:
Pattern is in keeping with Crohn's disease with skip lesions and
aneurysmally dilated segments. The changes are most severely involving the
proximal small bowel. It is difficult on this study to assess the activity of
the disease.
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