http://www.appliedradiology.com RSS Feed on Applied Radiologyhttp://www.appliedradiology.com//Issues/2001/09/Articles/Intestinal-mural-stratification--Etiopathology,-etiology,-and-the-extreme.aspxMural stratification is the abnormal separation of the contrast-enhancing outer gut margin (serosa/muscularis propria) from the contrast-enhancing inner gut margin (Mucosa/muscularis mucosa). Although not specific, with certain disease processes it has significant clinical implications. Radiologists must be aware of the many diseases that can present with mural stratification and must be able to categorize them by their underlying cause for intestinal wall thickening.Friday, 21 Sep 2001 08:07:30 GMT