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diffuse small bowel disease


"SWELL GAMES"

S
sprue
  • dilatation
  • dilution
  • moulage
  • reversal of jejunal and ileal patterns
W
Whipple disease
  • coarse nodular and irregular mucosa
E
edema
L
lymphangiectasis
  • nodular, thickened folds
L
lymphoma
  • nodular, thickened folds

G
giardiasis
  • edema and spasm of proximal small bowel
A
amyloid
  • symmetric fold thickening
M
mastocytosis
  • look for sclerotic bones
E
eosinophilic gastroenteritis
  • thickened, nodular folds and spasm
S
stasis syndromes

see: small bowel disease


Richard Gunderman, MD  -  14 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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