GI Radiology > Small Bowel > Disease Patterns > Diffuse Thickened Folds

Disease Patterns

Diffuse Thickened Folds

Regular, Smooth Thickened Folds

  • Features
    • Folds > 3 mm thick
    • Perpendicular to lumen
    • Parallel to each other
    • "Stack of coins", "picket fence"
  • Cause: Fluid infiltration of submucosa
    • Blood
    • Edema
  • Types of Regular, Smooth Thickened Folds
    • Diffuse
    • Long segment
    • Focal

Regular, smooth fold thickening from edema in mesenteric ischemia.