Clinical Study
CT Findings in Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Ischemic Colitis: Suggestions for Diagnosis
Table 1
CT findings of IC according to the different phases of disease and etiology.
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The differences between occlusive and nonocclusive forms in each phase were analyzed and compared by means of Fisher’s exact test. Values of (bold) were considered statistically significant. (pt) patients; (a) pericolic fluid; (b) peritoneal free fluid; (c) bowel wall hyperdensity at unenhanced CT; (d) hyperdensity with target configuration (two or three concentric rings) of colonic wall after i.v. contrast medium administration; (e) presence of bowel wall thickening (more than 3 mm in thickness); (f) shape of bowel thickness (uniform); (g) bowel wall hypodensity after i.v. contrast medium administration; (h) dilation of colonic lumen only gas-filled (diameter more than 5 cm); (i) parenchymal ischemia/infarction (liver and/kidney/spleen); (j) wall pneumatosis. |