Unusual: To perform a rectal ultrasound for the described symptoms. Ask the ordering doctor what they were looking for. Colitis, rectal inflammation, maybe hemorrhoid could cause thickening on an ultrasound. Usually a digital examination & maybe sigmoidoscopy is indicated to look at the rectal lining. Just don't know what was to be expected from a rectal ultrasound, looking at the prostate?
Answered 6/28/2013
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Rectal wall thickeni: Hope usg means ultra sonogram. 45 y m with rectal bleed, constipation and rectal wall thickening needs lab cea, ct scan, colonoscopy with biopsy to r/o proctitis, u. Colitis. Crohn's disease and cancer. See your doctor. Wish you good health.
Answered 12/10/2013
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