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CT OF ABDOMEN AND PELVIS WITH AND WITHOUT CONTRAST
 
REASON FOR EXAM:  Abdominal pain.

INDICATION: Right upper quadrant pain.

TECHNIQUE: The examination was done without and with IV contrast and with enteric contrast. 

FINDINGS: There is diffuse colitis involving the transverse colon with wall thickening and pericolonic edema. There is evidence of previous cholecystectomy. The cecum is deviated medially. The appendix is of normal size with no evidence of appendicitis. There is no evidence of urinary stones, pyelonephritis or obstructive uropathy. There is however evidence of previous cholecystectomy. A low-density lesion in the right lobe of the liver is due to a cyst according to density measurements. Multiple diverticuli are noted in the sigmoid colon with no evidence of diverticulitis. Sections done through the lung bases show no infiltrations.

IMPRESSION: Colitis involving the transverse colon.