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*Can be seen radiologically. | *Can be seen radiologically. | ||
== | ===Differential diagnosis=== | ||
Associated with creeping fat:<ref name=pmid18815796>{{Cite journal | last1 = Golder | first1 = WA. | title = The creeping fat sign-really diagnostic for Crohn's disease? | journal = Int J Colorectal Dis | volume = 24 | issue = 1 | pages = 1-4 | month = Jan | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1007/s00384-008-0585-y | PMID = 18815796 }}</ref> | |||
*[[Ulcerative colitis]]. | *[[Ulcerative colitis]]. | ||
*Sclerosing mesenteritis. | *Sclerosing mesenteritis. | ||
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*Gastrointestinal complication a renal transplant. | *Gastrointestinal complication a renal transplant. | ||
*Idiopathic segmental ureteritis. | *Idiopathic segmental ureteritis. | ||
==Gross== | |||
Features: | |||
*Abundant fat, fat on anti-mesenteric side of the bowel.<ref name=pmid15888774>{{Cite journal | last1 = Schäffler | first1 = A. | last2 = Herfarth | first2 = H. | title = Creeping fat in Crohn's disease: travelling in a creeper lane of research? | journal = Gut | volume = 54 | issue = 6 | pages = 742-4 | month = Jun | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1136/gut.2004.061531 | PMID = 15888774 }}</ref> | |||
**Must have fat on more than 50% of the intestinal surface. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Inflammatory bowel disease]]. | *[[Inflammatory bowel disease]]. | ||
*[[Gastrointestinal pathology]]. | |||
*[[Gross pathology]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||