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. 2016 Mar 8;89(1061):20150956. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150956

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.