TABLE 3.
Etiology of small bowel thickening on computed tomography in the jejunum versus the ileum
| Etiology |
Thickening, n (%)
|
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| In jejunum only (n=43) | In ileum only (n=144) | ||
| Infection | 9 (20.9) | 44 (26.7) | 0.25 |
| Reactive inflammatory | 6 (14.0) | 25 (13.6) | 0.81 |
| Primary inflammatory | 0 (0.0) | 29 (12.8) | 0.0005 |
| Small bowel obstruction | 6 (14.0) | 12 (10.3) | 0.038 |
| Ascites | 0 (0.0) | 0 (8.1) | – |
| Iatrogenic | 0 (0.0) | 0 (6.9) | – |
| Neoplastic | 0 (0.0) | 8 (6.4) | 0.20 |
| Ischemic | 5 (11.6) | 0 (5.8) | 1.00 |
| Unknown | 0 (10.5) | 10 (5.3) | 0.12 |
| Miscellaneous | 6 (14.0) | 0 (4.2) | 0.0001 |