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Objective Toexploretheimagingcharacteristicsofileocecaltuberculosisbycontrast-enhancedCT.Methods TheCT findingsof16ileocecaltuberculosispatientswereretrospectivelyanalyzed.AllcasesunderwentplainandenhancedCTscan.Results 14casesshowedinhomogeneousthickeningoftheintestinalwallandnarrowingofthelumen,and2casesshowedextensiveanduniform thickeningoftheintestinalwallwithnoobviousnarrowingofthelumen.Theenhancedimagesshowedthat13caseswereobviously heterogeneousenhancement,2caseswerering-likeenhancement,and1casewashomogeneousenhancement.Blurredserosasurface wasseeninallpatients,withsurroundingexudationin14casesandperitoneuminvolvementin12cases.Inallcases,enlargedlymph nodeswerefoundneartheabdominalaortaandonmesentery,withhomogeneousenhancementin10cases,annularenhancementin5casesand calcificationin1case.Conclusion Ileocecaltuberculosisismainlycharacterizedbyinhomogeneousthickeningandheterogeneousenhancementofthe intestinalwall,aswellasnarrowingofthelumen.Thereisoftenobviousexudationaroundtheintestines.Ileocecaltuberculosisoften combineswithenlargedlymphnodesandintrapulmonarytuberculosis.TheenhancedCTscanisofgreatvaluefortheevaluationofileocecal tuberculosis.
