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Right colon loop: a potential pitfall for total colonoscopy.

J B Rhodes·J Zvargulis·R Moffat·W Hartong
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A right colon loop can occur during total colonoscopy. A light on the anterior abdominal wall in the right lower quadrant and a fluoroscopic view may imply that the tip of the colonoscope is in the cecum. The right colon loop can be documented by roentgenograms and the injection of a radioopaque solution. An arrest in embryological development with overdistension with air accounts for the right colon loop. An unrecognized right colon loop could account for a failure to see a cecal carcinoma.

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J B Rhodes, J Zvargulis, R Moffat, W Hartong. 1978. Right colon loop: a potential pitfall for total colonoscopy.. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1098312

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