37 thumbprinting of the colon

RADIOLOGY
CLINICAL IMAGAGING� AN ATLAS OF DIFFERENTIAL DAIGNOSIS� EISENBERG

1. 37 Thumbprinting of the Colon *

2. CLINICAL IMAGAGING AN ATLAS OF DIFFERENTIAL DAIGNOSIS EISENBERG DR. Muhammad Bin Zulfiqar PGR-FCPS III SIMS/SHL

3. Fig GI 37-1 Ischemic colitis. Multiple filling defects (arrows) indent the margins of the transverse and descending portions of the colon.

4. Fig GI 37-2 Pseudomembranous colitis. Wide transverse bands of mural thickening. 51

5. Fig GI 37-3 Lymphoma. Submucosal cellular infiltrate produces the radiographic pattern of thumbprinting .

6. Fig GI 37-4 Pneumatosis intestinalis . Polypoid masses indenting the barium column are composed of air rather than soft-tissue density.