AJR AJR-based Continuing Ed for Technologists
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Figures Only
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow CME Credit
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Berton, F.
Right arrow Articles by Wilson, S. R.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Berton, F.
Right arrow Articles by Wilson, S. R.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Hotlight (NEW!)
Right arrow
What's Hotlight?
DOI:10.2214/AJR.07.2485
AJR 2007; 189:765-773
© American Roentgen Ray Society

Review

Sonography of Benign Conditions of the Anal Canal: An Update

Francesca Berton1,2, Giada Gola1,3 and Stephanie R. Wilson1,4

1 Department of Medical Imaging, Section of Ultrasound, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 2N2, Canada.
2 Present address: Institute of Radiology, IRCCS S. Matteo Hospital, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
3 Present address: Serves di Radiologia, Ospedale Civile di Voghera, Voghera, Pavia, Italy.
4 Present address: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29 St. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 2N9, Canada.

OBJECTIVE. The objective of this article is to describe our experience with sonography for the study of benign conditions of the anal canal and perianal soft tissues.

CONCLUSION. Assessment of the anal sphincters in patients with fecal incontinence and documentation of perianal inflammatory masses and tracts in those with perianal inflammatory disease are the major indications for imaging the anal canal. We augment traditional transanal sonography with transperineal scanning in both sexes and transvaginal scanning in women to better show the anal canal in its quiet state to allow an accurate assessment of the integrity of the anal sphincters and of evidence of acute or chronic inflammatory involvement.

Keywords: anal canal • Crohn's disease • fecal incontinence • perianal inflammatory masses • sonography • transanal imaging • transperineal imaging • transvaginal imaging


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 2007 by the American Roentgen Ray Society.