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Right colon question?

What does it mean when a CT scan says the right colon is diffusely contracted and limited for assessment?

Female | 59 years old

1 Answer

The colon‘s primary job is to temporarily store and ultimately transport feces out of your body. It would seem that yours on that particular day was relatively empty, which essentially means nothing… Unless they say it is thickened or inflamed, I really wouldn’t worry about it quite frankly.