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'''Creeping fat''' is a finding in [[gross pathology]] closely associated with [[Crohn's disease]]. It is also known as '''fat wrapping''' and '''fat hypertrophy'''.<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>  
'''Creeping fat''' is a [[small bowel]] and/or [[large bowel]] [[gross pathology]] finding.<ref>URL: [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Creeping+Fat http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Creeping+Fat]. Accessed on: 4 July 2013.</ref> It is closely associated with [[Crohn's disease]]. It is also known as '''fat wrapping''' and '''fat hypertrophy'''.<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>  


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