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Aortic dissection pregnancy books purchase xeloda overnight delivery, vasculitis, and thrombus developing at sites of atheromatous plaque are other known causes of acute mesenteric arterial occlusion. Nonocclusive reduction in intestinal perfusion accounts for approximately 25% of cases of acute mesenteric ischemia and develops owing to splanchnic vasoconstriction in conditions of reduced cardiac output, including arrhythmias, hypovolemia, and shock. Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia may present hours to days after the inciting event and persists after correction of the underlying cause. Mesenteric venous occlusion is an uncommon cause of acute mesenteric ischemia (5% to 15% of cases), which involves the superior mesenteric vein in 95% of cases and is often associated with a predisposing hypercoagulable condition including malignancy and an intra-abdominal infection, such as diverticulitis. Obstructed venous outflow may result in congested fat in the small bowel mesentery, edema or hemorrhage in the bowel wall, and fluid extravasation into the bowel lumen. Chronic mesenteric ischemia accounts for less than 5% of intestinal ischemia and typically develops when at least two but often three of the mesenteric arteries (celiac trunk, superior mesenteric artery, or inferior mesenteric artery) are severely stenotic or occluded as a result of atherosclerosis. Isolated occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery or celiac trunk accounts for fewer than 10% of cases. Fibromuscular dysplasia and vasculitis are rare causes of chronic mesenteric ischemia. Intestinal infarction is uncommon in chronic mesenteric ischemia because well-developed collateral vessels are typically present. The use of neutral enteric contrast material allows better evaluation of the bowel wall for the presence or absence of enhancement and does not interfere with the creation of three-dimensional data sets. The use of enteric contrast material may not be practical for some acutely ill patients, but intravenous contrast material is essential to depict thrombi in mesenteric vessels. Proximal occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery or distal occlusion of the superior mesenteric vein can result in mesenteric ischemia over a large territory of small bowel. The bowel wall should be assessed on unenhanced images for the presence of hyperattenuating mural hemorrhage and on enhanced images for the presence or lack of contrast enhancement. Fluid-distended bowel loops typically occur in cases of veno-occlusive ischemia due to increased intestinal secretions or hemorrhage. Acute arterial occlusive mesenteric ischemia is not associated with large volumes of intraluminal fluid. Infarcts in other abdominal organs can be seen in cases of embolic arterial occlusion. The degree of wall thickening does not correlate with the severity of mesenteric ischemia; this appearance is more often associated with a reversible cause of ischemia. A stratified or "target sign" appearance of the bowel wall-representing hypoattenuating submucosal edema bounded by engorged, hyperemic mucosa and muscularis propria-may occur in veno-occlusive and nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia and after reperfusion in arterial occlusive cases of mesenteric ischemia. Other findings in acute mesenteric ischemia include ascites and increased attenuation of the mesenteric fat, reflecting edema from venous congestion, which is commonly seen in cases of veno-occlusive ischemia. Pneumoperitoneum may be seen in cases of intestinal infarction if perforation occurs. Strangulating closed-loop bowel obstruction, often related to adhesions or an internal hernia, will present with a radial configuration of the bowel converging on a point of occlusion, abnormal course of the mesenteric vasculature, fluid- or hemorrhage-distended thick-walled bowel segments with diminished enhancement, ascites, and edema within the involved mesentery. The amount of portal venous gas does not correlate with the extent of infarction or ultimate prognosis. The diagnosis is supported by the presence of calcified atheromatous plaque at the origin of the mesenteric arteries and demonstration of arterial occlusions or severe stenoses in at least two of these three arteries. Differential Diagnosis Inflammatory bowel disease: Inflammatory thickening of the bowel with mucosal hyperenhancement when there is acute inflammation. Clinically, skin lesions are present and joint involvement and renal disease may also be present. Management/Clinical Issues Systemic anticoagulation is usually appropriate for patients with acute arterial or veno-occlusive mesenteric ischemia who lack peritoneal signs. Imaging findings of suspected bowel infarction or peritoneal signs are indications for urgent surgery rather than thrombolytic therapy. Catheter angiography with infusion of a vasodilator is the typical course of therapy for symptomatic patients with nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia who lack peritoneal signs. For patients with chronic mesenteric ischemia, balloon angioplasty, endovascular stent placement, surgical bypass, or endarterectomies are potential treatment options.

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