"bloating, 10%–25%"
"diarrhoea or constipation, 10%–25%"
"nausea and vomiting, 5%–15%"
"ascites."
"Definitive diagnosis would require biopsy, however this is not required if the clinical and CT features are typical. However features such as fever, night sweats, unintentional weight loss, lymph nodes >1 cm, FDG-avid lymph nodes, calcification, spiculation, local invasion, or retraction of bowel can indicate malignancy and are indications for biopsy 28. ESR and CRP are sometimes elevated 28."
"Definitive diagnosis would require biopsy, however this is not required if the clinical and CT features are typical. However features such as fever, night sweats, unintentional weight loss, lymph nodes >1 cm, FDG-avid lymph nodes, calcification, spiculation, local invasion, or retraction of bowel can indicate malignancy and are indications for biopsy 28. ESR and CRP are sometimes elevated 28."
"The small bowel mesentery is affected in most cases although disease can occasionally spread to the sigmoid mesocolon, omentum, retroperitoneum and pelvic fat."
"Treatment is reserved for symptomatic patients, typically corticosteroids, tamoxifen, colchicine, azathioprine or other immunosuppressants. Surgery is reserved for persistent bowel obstruction however the extent of disease may require revascularisation, and there is usually residual or recurrent disease 28."
"General imaging differential considerations include malignancy, infections or inflammation which can cause fever, oedema or vascular disease:"
"General imaging differential considerations include malignancy, infections or inflammation which can cause fever, oedema or vascular disease:"