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