Transabdominal Ultrasonography of the Small Bowel

Figure 4

Celiac sprue: (a) Dilated loops of small bowel with thickened wall, and valvulae conniventes hyperperistalsis—standard abdominal probe. (b) Intussusception of jejunum in transverse (left) and longitudinal section in celiac sprue—high resolution probe. (c) Dilated SMA (9 mm) in a patient with untreated celiac disease—standard probe. (d) Low resistive index-RI (0.69) in SMA in untreated celiac disease—standard probe.

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