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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3200</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2020.122414</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Ileocecal Valve Lipomatosis: Evaluation by Computed Tomography&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Solanki</surname><given-names>Manisha Narayanbhai</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Rathod</surname><given-names>Vasant Kumar Jethabhai</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Aravind</surname><given-names>Ashish</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Aghera</surname><given-names>Harshil K</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>14</day><month>12</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>4)</volume><issue/><fpage>49</fpage><lpage>52</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: IC (ileocecal) valve lipomatosis is characterized by the deposition of fat in the submucosal layer of the IC valve. CT (computed tomography) scan is highly sensitive __ampersandsignamp; specific for it.&#13;
Objectives: (1) To know how common/uncommon it is to encounter IC valve lipomatosis in day-to-day routine radiology practice (2) To know is there any age or gender predisposition for the development of IC valve lipomatosis (3) To know is there any association of obesity or idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease with IC valve lipomatosis.&#13;
Methods: This prospective study included all cases of CT abdomen (plain as well as contrast-enhanced ) performed for any indication from 1st November 2019 to 15th July 2020. Repeat/follow up cases were excluded from our study. Total of 800 cases was evaluated to see the presence/absence of IC valve lipomatosis. Cases of IC valve lipomatosis were evaluated in detail for age, gender, obesity __ampersandsignamp; other bowel abnormalities.&#13;
Results: Out of 800 cases of CT abdomen, 78 cases showed the presence of IC valve lipomatosis. Out of 78 cases of IC valve lipomatosis, 41 were male __ampersandsignamp; 37 were female. The mean age for the IC valve lipomatosis in our study was 46.7 years. All cases of IC valve lipomatosis showed no evidence of idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease on CT scan.&#13;
Conclusion: It is not uncommon to encounter IC valve lipomatosis in day-to-day routine radiology practice even in patients below 40 years of age. We haven__ampersandsignrsquo;t found female predominance or association of idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease with IC valve lipomatosis in our study. Results of our study support the association of obesity with IC valve lipomatosis.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>IC valve</kwd><kwd> Lipomatosis</kwd><kwd> CT scan</kwd><kwd> Intestine</kwd><kwd> Bowel</kwd><kwd> Crohn’s disease</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
