Open AccessEtiology of Small Bowel Thickening on Computed Tomography
Author(s) -
Lee Finkelstone,
Ellen L. Wolf,
Marjorie W. Stein
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/2012/282603
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , abdomen , differential diagnosis , radiology , pelvis , bowel obstruction , ascites , medical diagnosis , thickening , computed tomography , abdominal pain , gastroenterology , pathology , polymer science , chemistry
Abdominal pain is often evaluated using imaging, most often with computed tomography (CT). While CT is sensitive and specific for certain diagnoses, small bowel thickening is a nonspecific finding on CT with a broad differential diagnosis including infection, inflammation, ischemia and neoplasm.
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