Plain x-ray films of the abdomen are helpful in excluding ... has not been shown to add any additional diagnostic power over CT in mesenteric ischemia, except in situations in which IV contrast ...

CT scan of her abdomen performed on admission revealed ... with normal appearing Mesenteric vessels.

Mesenteric ischemia is mainly caused by narrowing of the arteries that supply blood in the intestine. Sudden pain in the abdomen, stool with blood and pain experienced during meal times are the ...

around 1% of all patients with acute abdomen have AMI [acute mesenteric ischemia], AMI is the cause of acute abdomen in up to 10% of patients aged over 70”, without explaining differential ...