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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WIDENING OF THE PRESACRAL SPACE AT CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
Author(s) -
ALP M. H.,
SAGE M. R.,
GRANT A. KERR
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb07298.x
Subject(s) - medicine , barium enema , inflammatory bowel disease , enema , radiography , barium sulfate , ulcerative colitis , radiological weapon , gastroenterology , radiology , disease , nuclear medicine , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , chemistry , organic chemistry , cancer
The width of the presacral space was measured prospectively at various levels in 100 persons without organic colonic or rectal disease who had barium enema X‐ray examinations. A standard technique was employed. The most consistent measurement was obtained at the level opposite the S3‐S4 disc space; readings varied between 2 mm and 16 mm. Using 16 mm as the upper limit of normal, and a similar technique of barium enema examination, the width of the presacral space at the S3‐S4 disc level was measured in 66 patients with inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis–49; Crohn's colitis–17). The width did not correlate with the severity of the disease process as indicated by sigmoidoscopic examination in proximity in time to the radiological examination. There was a relationship between increased width of the presacral space and the duration of the disease process.