Sequential stenotic strictures of the small bowel leading to obstruction

Figure 2 Gross specimens. Seventy-six centimeter segment of small intestine. On gross examination, fat surrounded the serosal surface of the intestine at irregular intervals, at the mesenteric border (A). Associated with these deposits of fat were 14 areas of mucosal stricture. In the normal intestine, the luminal diameter ranged from 4.7 to 9.5 cm. In the areas of luminal constriction, the diameter was 0.7 to 1.0 cm (B, C).