Items tagged “ibd”
4 results found
Case
Ulcerative colitis
Published
19 Jan 2016
77% complete
CT
Article
Fecal calprotectin
Fecal calprotectin (FCAL) is a protein marker of gut inflammation. It is used as a diagnostic tool and marker of disease activity for Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis.
Biochemistry
Calprotectin is a protein complex from the S-100 family, which is formed of three polypeptide chains, two hea...
Article
Bowel wall fat deposition
Bowel wall fat deposition refers to the infiltration of the submucosa with fat and usually occurs in chronic processes such as inflammatory bowel disease, causing characteristic fat halo sign on CT images.
Other differential diagnoses include:
normal variant - particularly in obese patients w...
Case
Colitis (abdomen x-ray)
Published
01 Jun 2023
69% complete
X-ray