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Multimodality Diagnosis of Mesenteric Ischemia
Published on: July 21, 2023
[Epidemiology and diagnostics of mesenteric ischemia]
Helga Oehler1, Katrin Eichler2, Wojciech Derwich3
1Universitätsklinikum, Klinik für Allgemein‑, Viszeral‑, Transplantations-, und Thoraxchirurgie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
Background:
Mesenteric ischemia is a life-threatening condition with a complex etiology and diagnostics.
Objective:
Etiology, incidence, symptoms, and diagnostics of acute and chronic mesenteric ischemia.
Material And Methods:
Literature search via PubMed with a focus on studies on the epidemiology and diagnostics of mesenteric ischemia and analysis of existing international guidelines.
Results:
The incidence of acute mesenteric ischemia is given as 0.63-12.9 per 100,000 people per year. There are no sufficiently reliable figures for chronic mesenteric ischemia, but an incidence of up to 3 per 100,000 inhabitants per year is generally assumed. The three-phase computed tomography has the highest diagnostic specificity and sensitivity.
Conclusion:
In the presence of risk factors acute and chronic mesenteric ischemia should be considered as differential diagnoses in the presence of abdominal pain using three-phase computed tomography.
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