Table 1.
Multidetector computed tomographic findings in mesenteric ischaemia (adapted from [7])
| Intestinal | • Mural wall thickening |
| - Hypodense oedema | |
| - Hyperdense haemorrhage | |
| - Target or halo sign | |
| - Bowel wall may be paper thin | |
| • Abnormal mural enhancement | |
| - Decreased enhancement | |
| - Increased enhancement | |
| - Absent enhancement | |
| • Bowel dilation | |
| • Pneumatosis intestinalis | |
| Vascular | • Arterial embolus |
| • Arterial thrombus | |
| • Non-occlusive mesenteric ischaemia: diminutive aorta and IVC | |
| • Mesenteric venous thrombosis | |
| - Intraluminal filling defect | |
| - Venous engorgement | |
| - Venous collaterals | |
| • Portomesenteric venous gas | |
| • Chronic mesenteric ischaemia | |
| - Occlusion or severe stenosis in at least two major splanchnic arteries | |
| Mesenteric | • Mesenteric fat stranding |
| • Ascites | |
| • Free air |