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Dr. Eisner Answers Your IBD Questions
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colon Cancer
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Colon and Rectal Cancers: Diagnosis
...yearsFOBT or FIT every year plus sigmoidoscopy every 5 yearsDouble-contrast barium enema every 5 yearsColonoscopy every 10 yearsChoosing between Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy. The choice between... Read more »Culture: colonic tissue biopsy
...infectious diarrhea or parasitic and viral infections involving the colon. The specimen is obtained by a colonoscopy. A colonoscopy is a procedure for viewing the interior lining of the colon... Read more »Colonoscopy
Normal Values Normal findings are simply healthy intestinal tissues. What abnormal results mean Lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding Polyps (which can be removed through... Read more »Ulcerative Colitis: Diagnosis
...organisms, or both.Imaging Procedures Used for DiagnosisEndoscopic Procedures. Flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy are endoscopic procedures. They are important in the diagnosis of both... Read more »Colorectal polyps
...develop into cancer and should be removed. In most cases, the polyps may be removed at the same time a colonoscopy is performed. For patients with polyps, follow-up colonoscopy should be performed... Read more »Images
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