Acute mesenteric ischaemia on unenhanced computer-tomography.

نویسندگان

  • Nidhi Gupta
  • Achim Schwenk
  • Rudi Borgstein
چکیده

We present a 39-year old man with mesenteric ischaemia. The initial unenhanced images of the, non-oral contrast CT abdomen clearly demonstrated increased density in a significant length of the small bowel and in the veins of the adjacent mesentery. Mesenteric ischaemia is a difficult diagnosis both clinically and radiologically and we demonstrate the potential benefits of an unenhanced abdominal scan (often left out if a contrast enhanced scan is to be performed) and the omission of oral bowel contrast in emergency scans.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of radiology case reports

دوره 4 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010