Small bowel wall thickening: MDCT evaluation in the emergency room

Seray Akcalar; Baris Turkbey; Musturay Karcaaltincaba; Erhan Akpinar; Okan Akhan

doi:10.1007/s10140-011-0968-1

Small bowel wall thickening: MDCT evaluation in the emergency room

Emerg Radiol. 2011 Oct;18(5):409-15. doi: 10.1007/s10140-011-0968-1. Epub 2011 Jun 17.

Authors

Seray Akcalar¹, Baris Turkbey, Musturay Karcaaltincaba, Erhan Akpinar, Okan Akhan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, HUTF Radyoloji, AD 06100 Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 21681404
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-011-0968-1

Abstract

Small bowel wall thickening detected on computed tomography is a frequent finding in patients referring to emergency room with acute abdominal pain. In this pictorial review, we aim to discuss patterns of small bowel wall thickening and to explain hints for differential diagnosis with imaging findings.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / diagnostic imaging*
Abdominal Pain / etiology*
Abdominal Pain / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Humans
Intestine, Small / diagnostic imaging*
Intestine, Small / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*