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Fig. 22 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 22

From: Duodenal imaging on the spotlight: from A to Z

Fig. 22

Celiac disease. Abdominal CT before (a) and after iv contrast administration (b) of a 14-year-old boy shows thickening and irregularity of the duodenal mucosa (arrows), with intense enhancement. Abdominal ultrasound of the same patient (c) detected several lymphadenopathies (arrowheads). Duodenal biopsy revealed disappearance of the “villi” associated with crypt hyperplasia, consistent with celiac disease. Abdominal ultrasound of another patient (d) who had three incidental transient small bowel intussusceptions (arrowhead), that were not present in a subsequent CT enterography a week later. Duodenal mucosa biopsy showed findings consistent with celiac disease

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