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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Hassan A. Kazmi BSc, MD [2], Mahshid Mir, M.D. [3]
Overview
Abdominal x-ray findings that are suggestive for celiac disease include small bowel dilatation, stack of coin appearance, segmentation, mucosal atrophy, and transient intussusception.
X Ray
There are no specific x-ray findings associated with celiac disease. However, an abdominal x-ray may be suggestive for celiac disease with the following findings:
- Small bowel dilatation (increasing with more severe of disease)
- Stack of coins appearance
- Duodenal nodular changes
- Reversal of the ileojejunal fold pattern
- Segmentation
- Hypersecretion and mucosal atrophy (moulage sign)
- Transient intussusception
