TABLE 2.
Etiology of small bowel thickening on computed tomography in the duodenum versus nonduodenal small bowel
| Etiology |
Thickening, n (%)
|
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| In duodenum only (n=86) | Not in duodenum (n=360) | ||
| Infection | 17 (19.8) | 96 (26.7) | 0.22 |
| Reactive inflammatory | 20 (23.3) | 49 (13.6) | 0.03 |
| Primary inflammatory | 16 (18.6) | 46 (12.8) | 0.17 |
| Small bowel obstruction | 1 (1.2) | 37 (10.3) | 0.004 |
| Ascites | 1 (1.2) | 29 (8.1) | 0.017 |
| Iatrogenic | 8 (9.3) | 25 (6.9) | 0.49 |
| Neoplastic | 9 (10.5) | 23 (6.4) | 0.24 |
| Ischemic | 3 (3.5) | 21 (5.8) | 0.59 |
| Unknown | 9 (10.5) | 19 (5.3) | 0.08 |
| Miscellaneous | 2 (2.2) | 15 (4.2) | 0.54 |