What are the major nonneoplastic causes of colonic wall thickening?
Major Nonneoplastic Causes of Colonic Wall Thickening
- A. Infection
- 1. Clostridium difficile (pseudomembranous colitis)
- 2. Neutropenic colitis (typhlitis)
- 3. Salmonella
- 4. Shigella
- 5. Yersinia
- 6. Amoeba
- 7. Cytomegalovirus
- B. Ischemia
- C. Inflammatory bowel disease
- 1. Crohn’s disease
- 2. Ulcerative colitis
- D. Hypoproteinemia
- 1. Cirrhosis
- 2. Other
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