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case_images: Abdominal CT scan (axial view). Small bowel loops showed diffuse edematous wall thickening with target signs (red arrows).
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case_images: FIG1
case_images: A CT scan of the abdomen revealed small bowel loops that showed diffuse edematous wall thickening with target signs (Figure 1).
case_images: Abdominal CT scan (coronal view). Descending and sigmoid colon, and the rectum walls were thickened and edematous (red arrows); significant pericolonic fat stranding and free fluid with preserved enhancement suggested an active systemic inflammatory process.
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case_images: FIG2
case_images: Significant pericolonic fat stranding and free fluid with preserved enhancement were suggestive of an active systemic inflammatory process (Figure 2).