GI Radiology > Small Bowel > Disease Patterns > Diffuse Separation of Loops

Disease Patterns

Diffuse Separation of Loops (Without Tethering)

Intrinsic bowel disease

  • Mucosal alteration
  • Possible fold thickening or effacement
  • Possible nodularity
  • Ulceration
  • Examples
    • Primary thickening of bowel wall
      • Edema, hemorrhage
      • Crohn disease
      • Lymphoma
      • Other tumors
      • Radiation enteritis

Mesenteric neoplasm causing small bowel ischemia. Separation of loops caused by wall edema. Note also diffuse fold thickening.