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Gastric fold thickening

The gastric folds (or gastric rugae) are coiled sections of tissue that exist in the mucosal and submucosal layers of the stomach. They provide elasticity by allowing the stomach to expand when a bolus enters it. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Synonyms
Gastric wall thickening
Thick gastric folds
Thick gastric wall
Thickened gastric folds
May Cause
Filling defect in stomach
May Be Caused by
 Common
Alcoholic gastritis
Antral gastritis
Carcinoma
Gastric varices
Helicobacter pylori gastritis
Hyperacidity
Hypertrophic gastritis
Ménétrier disease
Normal variant
Peptic ulcer disease
Portal hypertensive gastropathy
Postoperative stomach
Schistosomiasis
 Uncommon
Actinomycosis
Amyloidosis
Anisakiasis
Aspirin
Botulism
Candidiasis
Carcinoid
Chemotherapy toxicity
Corrosive gastritis
Crohn disease
Cryptosporidiosis
Cytomegalovirus infection
Diffuse cystic gastric disease
Diphtheria
Drug-related gastritis
Dysentery
Eosinophilic gastritis
Extension from carcinoma of pancreas
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Granulomatous infiltration of stomach wall
Histoplasmosis
Kaposi sarcoma
Leiomyoma
Leiomyosarcoma
Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome
NSAID
Phlegmonous gastritis
Polyposis of stomach
Pseudolymphoma
Radiation gastritis
Sarcoidosis
Strongyloidiasis
Syphilis
Tuberculosis
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

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