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Volume 2 Issue 4 (October- December, 2014)
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THE ROLE OF MULTIDETECTOR CONE BEAM TOMOGRAPHY IN DIAGNOSIS THE CASES OF MESENTERIC ISCHAEMIA | |
Shishir Gupta | |
Introduction- Acute and chronic mesenteric ischaemia remains a complex disease entity characterized by perfusion abnormality to the GI tract. The present study was conducted to analyze the cases of mesenteric ischemia with multidetector cone beam tomography (MDCT). Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 24 cases of mesenteric ischemia. General information such as name, age, gender etc. was recorded. All these patients had undergone MDCT Examination on 128 detector rows Siemens definition AS scanner. Results- Out of 24 patients, males were 15 and females were 9. The difference was significant (P- 0.01). 10 were acute and 14 were chronic patients. The difference was non- significant (P- 0.5). MDCT shows bowel wall thickening in males (14) and females (13), bowel distention in males (7) and females (6), SMA dissection in males (8) and females (7) and pneumatosis in males (6) and females (7). The difference was non- significant (P> 0.05). Other findings were SMA thrombosis in males (3) and females (2) and pneumoporta in males (5) and females (8). The difference was non- significant (P> 0.05). Conclusion- MDCT offers as a self-comprehensive imaging modality of choice for mesenteric ischaemia with excellent evaluation of vascular structures, bowel wall and adjacent mesentery and also demonstrates possible primary cause of mesenteric ischaemia. |
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