| small bowel dilatation | <radiology> Mnemonic: SOS, sprue, obstruction / ileus, scleroderma (collagen-vascular disease) normal width: less than 3 cm (12 Dec 1998) |
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| small bowel disease | <radiology> Main feature, nodules, dilatation, thick folds distribution, localised, generalised, includes stomach, proximal, terminal ileum (TI), mesentery (12 Dec 1998) |
| small bowel disease involving mesentery | <radiology> Lymphoma, metastasis, retractile mesenteritis (12 Dec 1998) |
| small bowel disease involving stomach | <radiology> Lymphoma, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (12 Dec 1998) |
| small bowel disease involving terminal ileum | <radiology> Crohn's, TB, Yersinia (12 Dec 1998) |
| small bowel enema | Radiographic examination of the small intestine, by retrograde filling from the contrast-filled large bowel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| small bowel infiltration | <radiology> Whipple disease (proximal small bowel), small bowel lymphoma, amyloidosis, Waldenstrom macrogloblinaemia, sprue, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, abetalipoproteinaemia (increased fat droplets in mucosal cells) (12 Dec 1998) |
| small bowel lymphoma | <radiology> Patterns:, infiltrative dilatation, nodular multiple filling defects, polypoid may cause intussiception from leading point associated with Burkitt lymphoma, endoexoenteric fistulae (12 Dec 1998) |
| small bowel nodules | <radiology> Lymphoid hyperplasia, lymphoma, metastasis (12 Dec 1998) |
| small bowel obstruction | <radiology> Fibrous adhesions (75%), secondary to previous peritonitis or surgery, hernia, external, internal, neoplasm, inflammatory disease See also: adynamic ileus simulating mechanical obstruction, large bowel (colon) obstruction (12 Dec 1998) |
| small bowel series | Radiographic examination of the small intestine following the oral administration of contrast medium, usually barium sulfate. Compare: small bowel enema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| generalised small bowel disease | <radiology> Hypoproteinaemia, sprue, Whipple (12 Dec 1998) |
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| proximal small bowel disease | <radiology> Giardia, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, Zollinger-Ellison (12 Dec 1998) |
| diffuse small bowel disease | <radiology> SWELL GAMES, S sprue, dilatation, dilution, moulage, reversal of jejunal and ileal patterns, W Whipple disease, coarse nodular and irregular mucosa, E oedema, L lymphangiectasis, nodular, thickened folds, L lymphoma, nodular, thickened folds, G giardiasis, oedema and spasm of proximal small bowel, A amyloid, symmetric fold thickening, M mastocytosis, look for sclerotic bones, E eosinophilic gastroenteritis, thickened, nodular folds and spasm, S stasis syndromes see: small bowel disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| thick small bowel folds | <radiology> Haemorrhage, oedema, ischemia, sprue, malabsorption, hypoproteinaemia, Whipple disease, amyloidosis, Henoch-Schonlein syndrome, abetalipoproteinaemia, Crohn disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| tubular small bowel | <radiology> (toothpaste small bowel) globally featureless small bowel: mucosal folds effaced, graft-vs.-host disease (GvH), Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) (in AIDS), ischemia, Crohn disease, radiation, Strongyloides, milk enteropathy, sprue, corrosive enteritis, lymphoma, amyloidosis, mastocytosis, FUDR toxicity (12 Dec 1998) |
| localised small bowel disease | <radiology> Crohn's, tumour (including lymphoma), bleed/oedema (12 Dec 1998) |
| adynamic ileus simulating bowel obstruction | <radiology> Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstrction, pelvic surgery, urinary retention, pancreatitis, acute intermittent porphyria, ceroidosis, neonatal adynamic ileus (12 Dec 1998) |
| bowel | A general term that includes the small and large intestine. (27 Sep 1997) |
| bowel bypass | A surgical procedure consisting of the anastomosis of the proximal part of the jejunum to the distal portion of the ileum, so as to bypass the nutrient-absorptive segment of the small intestine, to treat morbid obesity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bowel bypass syndrome | <syndrome> Fever, chills, malaise, and inflammatory cutaneous papules and pustules on the extremities and upper trunk, sometimes with polyarthralgia, with recurrent symptoms following bowel bypass surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bowel disorders and fibre | High fibre diets help delay the progression of diverticulosis and, at least, reduce the bouts of diverticulitis. In many cases, it helps reduce the symptoms of the Irritable Bowel Syndrome ( IBS ). It is generally accepted that a diet high in fibre is protective, or at least reduces the incidence, of colon polyps and colon cancer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bowel infections | An infection, viral or bacterial, of the intestines. (27 Sep 1997) |
| bowel movement | Defecation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bowel obstruction | A blockage of the bowel lumen prohibiting the passage of material. Common symptoms include constipation, abdominal swelling and abdominal pain. Treatment includes intravenous fluids, rest, nasogastric suction and surgery in select cases. (27 Sep 1997) |
| bowel perforation | Complete penetration of the intestinal wall resulting in the potential for bacterial contamination of the abdominal cavity (peritonitis). (27 Sep 1997) |