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. 2020 Sep;24(Suppl 4):S157–S161. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23611
Ischemia-specific findings Nonspecific findings
  • Nonenhancement of bowel wall (most specific finding)13

  • Embolus seen in SMA (oval-shaped filling defect)

  • Thrombosis of SMA (clot superimposed on a calcified lesion)

  • Mesentery edema due to MVT

  • Intestinal pneumatosis13

  • Portomesenteric venous gas

  • Bowel wall thickening

  • Mesenteric fat stranding due to edema of mesentery

  • Ascites in small subset of patients

  • Luminal dilatation of the bowel due to intestinal paralysis

  • Free gas due to bowel perforation

  • Other solid organ infarction (due to embolic shower)

SMA, superior mesenteric artery; MVT, mesenteric vein thrombosis