CT manifestations of small bowel ischemia due to impaired venous drainage-with a correlation of pathologic findings

Acute abdominal pain may result from a wide variety of medical and surgical diseases. One of these diseases is small bowel ischemia, which may result in a catastrophic outcome if not recognized and treated promptly. Computed tomography (CT) by its faster image acquisition, thinner collimation, high...

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Main Author: Chung Kuao Chou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2016-07-01
Series:Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.190426
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description Acute abdominal pain may result from a wide variety of medical and surgical diseases. One of these diseases is small bowel ischemia, which may result in a catastrophic outcome if not recognized and treated promptly. Computed tomography (CT) by its faster image acquisition, thinner collimation, high resolution, and multiplanar reformatted images has become the most important imaging modality in evaluating the acute abdominal conditions. In this article, the author presents a description of the histology of the small bowel, pathophysiology of small bowel change, and a correlation of the pathologic and CT findings of the small bowel injuries due to impaired venous drainage. A convincing correlation of the microscopic mucosal condition with the enhancement pattern of the thickened small bowel wall on CT is useful in definitely describing the mucosal viability.
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spelling doaj.art-25288f464af34be7bdeb303a9e87ecde2022-12-21T18:27:53ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging0971-30261998-38082016-07-01260334235110.4103/0971-3026.190426CT manifestations of small bowel ischemia due to impaired venous drainage-with a correlation of pathologic findingsChung Kuao Chou0Department of Radiology, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of ChinaAcute abdominal pain may result from a wide variety of medical and surgical diseases. One of these diseases is small bowel ischemia, which may result in a catastrophic outcome if not recognized and treated promptly. Computed tomography (CT) by its faster image acquisition, thinner collimation, high resolution, and multiplanar reformatted images has become the most important imaging modality in evaluating the acute abdominal conditions. In this article, the author presents a description of the histology of the small bowel, pathophysiology of small bowel change, and a correlation of the pathologic and CT findings of the small bowel injuries due to impaired venous drainage. A convincing correlation of the microscopic mucosal condition with the enhancement pattern of the thickened small bowel wall on CT is useful in definitely describing the mucosal viability.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.190426computed tomographyintestinesischemiasmall bowel
spellingShingle Chung Kuao Chou
CT manifestations of small bowel ischemia due to impaired venous drainage-with a correlation of pathologic findings
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
computed tomography
intestines
ischemia
small bowel
title CT manifestations of small bowel ischemia due to impaired venous drainage-with a correlation of pathologic findings
title_full CT manifestations of small bowel ischemia due to impaired venous drainage-with a correlation of pathologic findings
title_fullStr CT manifestations of small bowel ischemia due to impaired venous drainage-with a correlation of pathologic findings
title_full_unstemmed CT manifestations of small bowel ischemia due to impaired venous drainage-with a correlation of pathologic findings
title_short CT manifestations of small bowel ischemia due to impaired venous drainage-with a correlation of pathologic findings
title_sort ct manifestations of small bowel ischemia due to impaired venous drainage with a correlation of pathologic findings
topic computed tomography
intestines
ischemia
small bowel
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.190426
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