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Disease Patterns

Irregular Thickened Folds

Diffuse

 

  •          Amyloidosis
  •           Hystoplasmosis
  •           Mastocytosis
  •           Lymphangiectasis
  •           Waldenströms macroglobulinemia (IgM)
  •           Alpha chain disease (IgA)
  •           Graft-versus-host disease
  •           Lymphoma

Proximal (duodenum & jejunum)

 

  •           Giardiasis, strongyloidiasis
  •           Eosinophilic enteritis
  •           Whipple’s disease
  •           Abetalipoproteinemia
  •           Cystic fibrosis (mucoviscidosis)
  •           Sprue
  •           Lymphoma arising in celiac disease

 

Distal (ileum predominantly)

 

  •           Lymphoma
  •           Crohn disease
  •           Tuberculosis
  •           Yersinia
  •           Typhoid fever (Salmonella)
  •           Campylobacteriosis
  •           Cystic fibrosis (mucoviscidosis)