Preferred Label : tacked-down sign;
Definition : Part of bowel wall is fixed and sharply angled, as if pinned down at one location;
abnormal mucosal folds are also present. Suggests diffuse peritoneal carcinomatosis
or the desmoplastic reaction of a carcinoid tumor.;
Source : Eisenberg, Ronald L. Atlas of Signs in Radiology.;
Origin ID : RID35606;
Associated condition(s)
Part of bowel wall is fixed and sharply angled, as if pinned down at one location;
abnormal mucosal folds are also present. Suggests diffuse peritoneal carcinomatosis
or the desmoplastic reaction of a carcinoid tumor.
