Videos : Abdomen: Small Bowel

Patient has evidence of a dissection in the SMA with a near occlusion of the SMA several centimeters from the origin in the vessel.
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SMA: Occlusion of SMA and resultant ischemic bowel. Note amazing detail in this SICU patient.
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Enteritis: This interesting case in visualized with a series of coronal, sagittal, volume rendered, and MIP images. It shows small bowel obstruction with thickened small bowel with increased vascular enhancement. This patient had a history of colon cancer and the stody was done for evaluation of suspected small bowel obstruction. The cause of the inflamed bowel was enteritis secondary to chemotherapy. The patient was treated conservatively and the enteritis resolved.
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Sworl: The patient was evaluated for abdominal pain and what we can see nicely on this series of axial images is a swirl of the mesentery consistent with mild rotation. The patient had a prior nephrectomy with Wilms tumor.
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Crohns: 3D mapping shows thickening of the ileum with increased vascularity.

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Carcinoid tumor of the small bowel: 3D volume rendering demonstrates a large calcified mesenteric mass compatible with either a carcinoid tumor or sclerosing mesenteritis.
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Carcinoid tumor of the small bowel: MIP images show a subtle enhancing lesion in the right lower quadrant.
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Carcinoid tumor of the small bowel: VRT images show an enhancing nodule in the right lower qudrant with thickened terminal ileum.

 

All images on this site are © 2005 Elliot K. Fishman,MD.