Multi-detector CT features of acute intestinal ischemia and their prognostic correlations

Figure 1 Arterial mesenteric ischemia. A: Vessel probe in multiplanar (MPR) mode reconstructions showing bowel ischemia caused by the occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery (arrows). Bowel loop dilatation is associated (arrowheads); B and C: Computed tomography transverse scans show bowel wall dilatation (arrowheads) with loss of wall enhancement (arrows) in a case of arterial bowel ischemia diagnosed in the early stage; D: Coronal maximum intensity projection reconstruction; E: Coronal MPR reconstruction. Bowel ischemia caused by the occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery. Bowel loop dilatation (arrowheads) and parietal pneumatosis of the right colon (short arrows) are associated.