Bowel wall fat deposition

Last revised by Mohamed Saber on 4 Sep 2022

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Citation:

Niknejad M, Saber M, Bowel wall fat deposition. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 08 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-151953

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-151953

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/151953

rID:

151953

Article created:

3 Sep 2022, Mohammad Taghi Niknejad ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Mohammad Taghi Niknejad had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Last revised:

4 Sep 2022, Mohamed Saber ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Mohamed Saber had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

View Mohamed Saber's current disclosures

Revisions:

2 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Gastrointestinal

Sections:

Gamuts

Tags:

bowel, fat deposition, ibd

Synonyms:

bowel wall fat depositions

Bowel wall fat deposition refers to the infiltration of the submucosa with fat and usually occurs in chronic processes such as inflammatory bowel disease, causing characteristic fat halo sign on CT images.

Other differential diagnoses include:

normal variant - particularly in obese patients with insulin resistance
coeliac disease - especially in the duodenum and jejunum
post chemotherapy - cytoreductive chemotherapy for treatment of lymphoma or leukaemia that can be causing acute bowel wall fat deposition.
post radiotherapy - in the rectum
graft-versus-host disease