Role of clinical data and multidetector computed tomography findings in acute superior mesenteric artery embolism

Figure 1 An 89 years old male with sudden severe abdominal pain was hospitalized for 1 d. A: The axial image of arterial phase on computed tomography enhanced scan, showing diffuse embolism (long arrow) in superior mesenteric artery III and IV regions; B: An axial image of venous phase, showing thickening of intestinal wall and decreased enhancement (asterisk) at the end of ileum; C: The coronal image of venous phase. It can be seen that the enhancement of ileum is significantly lower than that of normal intestinal wall (arrow); D and E: Volume rendered technique and digital subtraction images, respectively, the proximal ileocolic artery and ileal artery are not displayed.