title: Mesenteric ischemia.
abstract: Mesenteric ischemia is a difficult clinical diagnosis that requires a high index of clinical suspicion because the clinical and imaging features of intestinal ischemia and infarction overlap with many other intestinal disorders, and patients who have mesenteric ischemia often have coexisting diseases. Multidetector CT (MDCT) evaluation of the abdomen is the examination of choice when mesenteric ischemia is suspected because of its ability to provide two-dimensional multiplanar and three-dimensional display of the mesenteric vasculature and small intestine. This article reviews the clinical features, pathophysiology, and MDCT features of mesenteric ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Radiologic Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-4799, USA. adlevy@usuhs.mil
authors.forename: Angela D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*