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Gastrointestinal Wall Thickening in Patients with Cirrhosis: Frequency and Patterns at Contrast-enhanced CT¹

¹ From the Department of Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr, San Antonio, TX 78284-7800. Received August 4, 1998; revision requested September 10; final revision received July 13, 1999; accepted July 26. Address reprint requests to S.C. (e-mail: chopra@uthscsa.edu).

View larger version (113K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Contrast-enhanced, transverse CT image of the abdomen in a patient without cirrhosis shows normal wall thickness of the duodenum (straight solid arrow), the jejunum (arrowheads), the ascending colon (curved arrow), and the descending colon (straight open arrow).

View larger version (112K): [in a new window]   Figure 2a. Contrast-enhanced, transverse CT images of the abdomen obtained at different levels in a patient with cirrhosis show (a) duodenal wall thickening (arrowhead) and (b) ileal wall thickening (arrow). In a and b, note the enlarged spleen (arrow in a).

View larger version (110K): [in a new window]   Figure 2b. Contrast-enhanced, transverse CT images of the abdomen obtained at different levels in a patient with cirrhosis show (a) duodenal wall thickening (arrowhead) and (b) ileal wall thickening (arrow). In a and b, note the enlarged spleen (arrow in a).

View larger version (168K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Contrast-enhanced, transverse CT image obtained at the level of the midabdomen in a patient with cirrhosis shows jejunal wall thickening (arrow).

View larger version (166K): [in a new window]   Figure 4. Contrast-enhanced, transverse CT image obtained at the level of the midabdomen in a patient with cirrhosis shows transverse colonic haustral thickening (arrow) without wall thickening.

View larger version (119K): [in a new window]   Figure 5. Contrast-enhanced, transverse CT image of the midabdomen in a patient with cirrhosis shows duodenal (arrowhead), ascending (curved arrow), and descending (straight arrow) colonic wall thickening.