Thumbprinting
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Overview
Thumbprinting is a sign of bowel wall thickening
Causes
Causes
- 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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