RID35270 hide-bound bowel sign

synonym hidebound bowel

definition Dilated bowel with tightly packed valvulae conniventes visible on barium study. Represents smooth muscle atrophy and fibrosis, a gastrointestinal complication of scleroderma, which also causes patient's skin to look hidebound.

comment http://radiology.rsna.org/cgi/content/full/213/3/837