[Contribution of scanner in the diagnosis of intestinal infarction]

The clinical expression of arterial mesenteric infarction is not always acute and typical. In venous thrombosis, clinical signs of aggravation occur after a long development. So, clinical pictures of bowel infarction use not be suggestive. For these patients, US performances are sometimes subject to doubt and deceptive. Therefore, CT findings are of the highest importance. In two cases, the authors remind us the CT characterization of vascular and intestinal abnormalities.