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

Figure 2 Male, 71 years old, abdominal pain for 18 h. A: The axial image of enhanced computed tomography in arterial phase; B and D: The axial and coronal images in venous phase; C: The oblique coronal maximum intensity projection image; E: Volume rendered technique; and F: Digital subtraction. It showed diffuse embolism (long arrow) in superior mesenteric artery III and IV regions, accompanied by intestinal wall thickening (asterisk), intestinal wall thinning (slender arrow), decreased enhancement relative to normal intestinal wall (arrow), intestinal cavity expansion and mesenteric fat stranding. Imaging diagnosis of extensive ischemia of small intestine.