haustrum

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haustrum

[′hȯ·strəm]
(anatomy)
An outpocketing or pouch of the colon.
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Scanogram shows distended bowel with haustra oriented vertically at the epigastrium, and measuring > 9 cm in diameter.
Cecal bascule with concurrent acute appendicitis
1,4,7) The most common contrast enema findings are narrowing or strictures, colonic shortening, and loss of haustra.
Fibrosing colonopathy in an adult cystic fibrosis patient after discontinuing pancreatic enzyme therapy
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