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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

Abdominal CT is not the study of choice in the evaluation of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. However, a CT can be helpful in the detection of UGIB from pseudoaneurysms of the mesenteric vessels, branches of the celiac axis and masses of the upper GI system or liver tumors.

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Abdominal CT is not the study of choice in the evaluation of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. However, a CT can be helpful in the detection of UGIB from pseudoaneurysms of the mesenteric vessels, branches of the celiac axis and masses of the upper GI system or liver tumors.

References

  1. Soto JA, Park SH, Fletcher JG, Fidler JL (2015). "Gastrointestinal hemorrhage: evaluation with MDCT". Abdom Imaging. 40 (5): 993–1009. doi:10.1007/s00261-015-0365-4. PMID 25637128.
  2. Peura DA, Lanza FL, Gostout CJ, Foutch PG (1997). "The American College of Gastroenterology Bleeding Registry: preliminary findings". Am. J. Gastroenterol. 92 (6): 924–8. PMID 9177503.

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