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Preferred Label : target sign of bowel wall;

Definition : Bowel wall has hyperattenuating inner and outer layers with intermediate hypoattenuating layer, resembling a bullseye on CT. Results from hyperemia to the mucosa and muscularis propria with edema in the submucosa. Sign is nonspecific, but usually suggests inflammatory process.;

Source : Radiology 2005; 234:549-550;

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Bowel wall has hyperattenuating inner and outer layers with intermediate hypoattenuating layer, resembling a bullseye on CT. Results from hyperemia to the mucosa and muscularis propria with edema in the submucosa. Sign is nonspecific, but usually suggests inflammatory process.

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