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What Causes Colon To Have A Greenish Appearance?

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Posted on Thu, 2 Jul 2015
Question: my daughter just had a colon test now another one today but she had pictures of her colon and I saw that part of it was green very concerned thanks for your thoughts on this

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Answered by Dr. Divakara (22 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
It could be normal.

Detailed Answer:
HI

Greetings from Dr.Divakara.P
Thanks for posting your query.

Well first of all I need to ask you whether a proper bowel preparation was done or not because just presence of Stools in the colon can give it a greenish appearance.

Also the bile ( a digestive juice secreted by the liver can give a greenish appearance ) . So don't get panicked by the greenish appearance of the colon as it can be seen normally also.

Yes there are diseases like Infections , reduced blood flow to colon etc which can cause these appearance but the normal things has to be considered first.

Moreover didn't you get the report of the scan ? If yes kindly let me know the reports.

Hope this information was useful to you.
Any clarifications feel free to ask .

Regards.
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What Causes Colon To Have A Greenish Appearance?

Brief Answer: It could be normal. Detailed Answer: HI Greetings from Dr.Divakara.P Thanks for posting your query. Well first of all I need to ask you whether a proper bowel preparation was done or not because just presence of Stools in the colon can give it a greenish appearance. Also the bile ( a digestive juice secreted by the liver can give a greenish appearance ) . So don't get panicked by the greenish appearance of the colon as it can be seen normally also. Yes there are diseases like Infections , reduced blood flow to colon etc which can cause these appearance but the normal things has to be considered first. Moreover didn't you get the report of the scan ? If yes kindly let me know the reports. Hope this information was useful to you. Any clarifications feel free to ask . Regards.