Table 2.
The percentage value of each of the CT features in the 20 patients with non-occlusive mesenteric ischaemia (28 CT examinations)
Mesenteric features | |
Pale mesentery (reduction in calibre and number of mesenteric vessels) | 46.42% (13) |
Normal (normal mesenteric vessels) | 53.57% (15) |
Mesenteric fat stranding | 82.14% (23) |
Bowel features | |
Paper thin | 60.71% (17) |
Bowel wall thickening | 57.14% (16) |
Pneumatosis of the bowel wall | 32.14% (9) |
High attenuation of the wall on unenhanced CT images | 75% (21) |
Absent or diminished contrast enhanced of the bowel wall | 42.85% (12) |
Dilatation of the bowel lumen (HRI) | 67.85% (19) |
Dilated colon |
67.85% (19) |
Peritoneal features | |
Peritoneal fluid | 78.57% (22) |
Free air in peritoneal cavity | 7.14% (2) |
HRI, hypotonic reflex ileus.