transmural

adj — 2 senses

transmural

adj

Etymology From trans- + mural.

1

beyond a city wall

2

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences passing through the wall of an organ or any other bodily structure

  • However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).2024, Jennifer Davidson, Beth Shepherd, Sunderarajan Jayaraman, Practice Long Cases for the Part B Final FRCR Examination:
Derived terms
nontransmural, transmural care, transmurally

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