[Critical study of the value of superior mesenteric arteriography in the diagnosis of Meckel's diverticulum. Radiological and clinical findings in 10 cases (author's transl)].
The authors underline the value of selective superior mesenteric arteriography in the diagnosis of Meckel's diverticulum. In the ten cases reported, seven were found to have a Meckel's diverticulum on operation, while it was absent in the other three. Arteriography was able to diagnose its presence correctly in sex patients, gave a false positive diagnosis in three cases, and was considered to be normal in the last case in which a Meckel's diverticulum was present. Valid radiological signs are extravasation of the contrast medium into the lumen of the digestive tract and the presence of a vitellin artery dividing into a vascular network. The single fact of a hypervascularized zone at the end of the superior mesenteric artery dividing into a vascular network. The single fact of a hypervascularized zone at the end of the superior mesenteric artery without definite artery formation is not as valid and its interpretation is difficult.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged
Etude critique de la valeur de l'artériographie mésentérique supérieure dans le diagnostic des diverticules de Meckel. A propos de 10 observations radiocliniques.