Thumbprinting

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Thumbprinting is a sign of bowel wall thickening

• Thumbprinting may be seen with:

• • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (i.e. Crohn’s disease, Ulcerative colitis)
  • Infection (i.e. pseudomembranous colitis
  • Ischemic bowel
  • Diverticulitis

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