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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa. Findings on CT scan of GI tract suggestive of polyarteritis nodosa include bowel wall thickening, mesenteric vascular engorgement, ascites, bowel obstruction and diffuse mucosal fold thickening. | |||
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CT | * CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa. | ||
* Findings on CT scan of GI tract suggestive of polyarteritis nodosa include:<ref name="pmid4363102">{{cite journal |vauthors=Henrichsen S, Kronborg O, Brenoe E |title=Total gastrectomy for cancer of the stomach |journal=Acta Chir Scand |volume=140 |issue=2 |pages=147–50 |date=1974 |pmid=4363102 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
== | ** Bowel wall thickening | ||
** Mesenteric vascular engorgement | |||
** Ascites | |||
** Bowel obstruction | |||
** Diffuse mucosal fold thickening | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa. Findings on CT scan of GI tract suggestive of polyarteritis nodosa include bowel wall thickening, mesenteric vascular engorgement, ascites, bowel obstruction and diffuse mucosal fold thickening.
CT Scan
- CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa.
- Findings on CT scan of GI tract suggestive of polyarteritis nodosa include:[1]
- Bowel wall thickening
- Mesenteric vascular engorgement
- Ascites
- Bowel obstruction
- Diffuse mucosal fold thickening