Solid organ abdominal ischemia, part I: clinical features, etiology, imaging findings, and management. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Solid organ abdominal ischemia commonly presents with acute pain prompting radiologic evaluation and often requires urgent treatment. Despite different risk factors and anatomic differences, most solid organ ischemia is due to arterial or venous occlusion and, less frequently, a low-flow state. Radiologic diagnosis is critical, as clinical presentations are often nonspecific. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) is the modality of choice (except in adnexal torsion) with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) useful in equivocal cases or follow-up of ischemic disease. This article will provide a pictorial review of the CT and MRI features of solid abdominal organ ischemia while highlighting key clinical features, etiology, and management.

publication date

  • February 18, 2016

Research

keywords

  • Abdomen
  • Ischemia
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84963632114

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.clinimag.2016.02.014

PubMed ID

  • 27317217

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 40

issue

  • 4