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FIGURE 33-2. Angiodysplasia in proximal ascending colon in a 63-year-
old woman with a history of multiple previous episodes of brisk lower gastrointestinal bleeding. A: There is simultaneous opacification of the ileocolic artery and vein during the arterial phase of the selective injection, consistent with an early draining vein and arteriovenous shunting. B: Mag­nification view better demonstrates the prominent, early draining vein (
black arrow
increased tortuosity and caliber of the terminal ileocolic branch. C: Venous
C
phase demonstrates marked prominence of the ileocolic vein (
) as well as a subtle associated vascular tuft (
white arrow
arrow
B
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).
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FIGURE 33-3. A 63-year-old woman with recurrent episodes of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. A: Hypervascular lesion in the
jejeunum ( B: Barium enema performed 1 week after angiogram demonstrates a submucosal mass ( schwannoma was resected.
differentiated from AV malformations by the circum­scribed nature of the angiographic blush as well as the presence of mass effect. Angiography may be helpful for small bowel myomas because their extramucosal location may prevent visualization on a small bowel barium series. Arterial encasement may be seen with malignancies.
Meckel’s diverticulum accounts for 1% of cases of GI
arrowhead
) with prominent draining vein (
arrow
). Because of the mass effect, this was thought to represent a tumor.
white arrow
). At laparotomy, a
tortuous vessels at its distal aspect and arising from the distal SMA. The vitellointestinal artery also may have a number of side branches along its entire length and exhibit no appreciable tortuosity. Demonstration of a Meckel’s diverticulum requires a high index of suspicion and may require the use of superselective catheteriza-
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tion.
bleeding and usually is seen in young patients (younger than 20 years of age), presenting as repeated episodes of brisk lower GI hemorrhage. In adults, it usually presents as slower, chronic GI bleeding.
99m
Tc pertechnetate ab­dominal scans can localize ectopic gastric mucosa and thus may be helpful in diagnosis. The scans are consid­ered a sensitive technique for localization in children, but the sensitivity and specificity in adults are limited. Angiographic localization thus can play an important role. Meckel’s diverticulum is usually found in the termi­nal ileum, supplied by a persistent vitellointestinal artery (Fig. 33-4). Classically, this artery was described as an elongated artery without branching, having a group of
■ Mesenteric Ischemia
Ischemic diseases of the GI tract that are of interest to the vascular and interventional radiologist are caused pri­marily by compromise of SMA flow. Inadequate blood
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flow causing ischemia to all or part of the small intestine and right half of the colon can occur acutely or chroni­cally. In the acute form, there is generally loss of viability of varying portions of the bowel supplied by the SMA, which may cause an abdominal catastrophe. Mesenteric angiography followed by transcatheter therapy or laparo-
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FIGURE 33-4. Meckel’s diverticulum. Vitellointestinal artery supplies the diverticulum (
arrows
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tomy needs to be performed promptly to decrease mor­bidity and mortality. Conversely, chronic mesenteric is­chemia generally occurs without loss of tissue viability because collateral filling can compensate. The diagnosis of chronic mesenteric ischemia is often made after other entities are excluded, with angiography reserved for late in the workup.
Acute mesenteric ischemia
Acute mesenteric ischemia generally occurs in elderly pa­tients with significant comorbidities. It has a high mortal­ity, because it is often diagnosed too late. Patient survival requires a high clinical suspicion and an aggressive ap­proach to both diagnosisand therapy. Theocclusive forms of acute mesenteric ischemia are SMA embolus, SMA thrombosis, and superior mesenteric vein (SMV) throm­bosis. Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI) occurs in the SMA distributionas aresult ofpathologic vasospasm
initiated by decreased cardiac output, typically because of myocardial infarction or pulmonar y edema. Mesenteric vasoconstriction is a normal response to low cardiac out­put states; it can persist as pathologic vasospasm after the inciting clinical event has resolved.
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The essentials of management include medical resuscitation, obtaining a plain film, early and liberal use of angiography and ad­ministration of transcatheter vasodilators whenever possi­ble. In the occlusive forms of the disease, laparotomy usu­ally is performed to revascularize the bowel. Frankly infarcted segments are resected, and questionably viable segments are left in place. These questionable segments should be evaluated (and resected if they have progressed to infarction) at a “second look” operation performed 24 hr later.
Abdominal pain is present in 75 to 90% of patients who have acute mesenteric ischemia. Classically, the pain is described as “out of proportion” to the physical find-
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Usually, abdominal distension and leukocytosis are present. Frank GI bleeding is unusual, although most patients have occult blood in the stool. Bowel-wall edema ensues with marked intravascular volume depletion, hemoconcentration, and shock. Fluid exudate is seen in the bowel lumen. Injury persisting less than 6 hr gener­ally causes reversible damage, but after 12 to 24 hr, in­flammation and hemorrhage intensify and usually lead to transmural infarction and gangrene. Laboratory tests for acute mesenteric ischemia, including complete blood count (CBC) and peritoneal fluid analysis, are not help­ful in establishing or excluding the diagnosis of ischemia.
An obstructive series should be the initial examination in a patient with suspected acute mesenteric ischemia. The role of the plain film in suspected acute mesenteric ischemia is to exclude other causes of abdominal pain, especially a perforated viscus. 26% of cases of frank intestinal infarction.
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Plain films are normal in
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Nonspecific signs occur late in the course of disease and are present in one third of cases. These signs include adynamic ileus, thickened bowel wall in the SMA distribution with “pinky printing,” pseudoobstruction or obstruction, and form­less loops of bowel. Plain film findings that are more specific for mesenteric ischemia occur late and include pneumatosis, portal venous gas, rigid formless loops, and thickened bowel wall (thumbprinting). Pneumatosis al­though highly suggestive, is uncommon, occurring in 5% of cases. The presence of portal venous gas is associated with a 75% mortality.
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Although small bowel barium studies can determine the presence of persistent ischemic segments postopera­tively or in chronic disease, barium plays no role in the workup of acute mesenteric ischemia. Computed to­mography (CT) has been used increasingly as the initial study in the workup of abdominal pain. It is sensitive for intramural air and bowel-wall thickening and can be used to include or exclude alternate etiologies of pain. The
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The use of relatively large amounts of in­travenous contrast and the need for oral contrast agents may preclude performing an adequate arteriogram. We consider arteriography the gold standard because of its high diagnostic accuracy and because of the ability to deliver pharmacologic agents into the mesenteric artery. In patients with suspected acute mesenteric ischemia, ar­teriography should be performed expeditiously after the abdominal plain film.
If acute mesenteric ischemia is the leading suspected diagnosis, CT should not be performed; however, if other etiologies of abdominal pain are suspect and CT is per­formed, it is essential that the CT signs of mesenteric ischemia be recognized. CT findings include abrupt vas­cular cutoffs with nonenhancement of mesenteric vessels. Thrombosis of the SMA or SMV may be seen as an in­travascular filling defect, and bowel wall enhancement may be reduced or absent. Thrombosis of the SMV usu­ally presents with enlargement of the SMV with low-den­sity thrombus, which is well defined by a perivascular rim (Fig. 33-5). There may be engorgement of the mesenteric veins. Bowel wall findings include intramural hemor­rhage or thickening of the bowel wall, dilatation of the small intestine, and right and transverse colon (Fig. 33-6). Pneumatosis, mesenteric venous gas, and portal venous gas all are sensitively depicted by CT (Fig. 33-7). A normal CT does not rule out mesenteric ischemia.
Historically, acute mesenteric ischemia has been re­ported to have a 70 to 90% mortality rate. An aggressive management protocol using early angiography and tran­scatheter papaverine has been associated with a de­creased mortality of 45%, with most survivors sustaining minimal bowel loss.
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Angiography can differentiate
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FIGURE 33-6. Dilated, thickened loops of bowel on computed
tomography in a patient with acute mesenteric ischemia. (Courtesy of Ellen Wolf, M.D.)
between the occlusive and nonocclusive forms of the disease, determine the nature and site of occlusion, evaluate perfusion of the vascular bed distal to the occlu­sion, and be followed by intraarterial infusion of vasodi­lators. The presence of shock is an absolute contraindica­tion to the use of vasodilators. If the patient is receiving vasopressors, the diagnosis of nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia cannot be made with certainty because these agents produce splanchnic vasoconstriction which mim­ics NOMI. Thus, shock and vasopressor infusions are relatively strong contraindications to angiography. In pa­tients on vasopressors, diagnostic angiography may be performed if superior mesenteric artery embolus is sus­pected in the specific setting of acute abdominal pain and a cardiac arrhythmia.
FIGURE 33-5. Superior mesenteric vein (SMV) thrombosis. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography demonstrates filling defect in the SMV with an enhanced perivascular rim (
arrow
FIGURE 33-7. Intramural air seen on computed tomography in a 75-year-old man with advanced acute mesenteric ische­mia. This patient died of extensive bowel necrosis. (Courtesy of Ellen Wolf, M.D.)
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Acute mesenteric ischemia is a true angiographic emergency. The angiographic technique is straightfor­ward. Lateral and anteroposterior (AP) aortography are performed to note the status of the celiac and mesenteric artery origins and arterial collateral filling patterns. Aor­tography is also valuable for visualizing any extramesen­teric events, such as renal arter y embolus, which can produce a similar clinical picture to mesenteric ische-
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mia.
In addition to the occlusive and nonocclusive proc­esses that specifically affect the SMA, aortic dissection can also cause mesenteric ischemia.
Selective superior mesenteric arteriography is per­formed after the aortogram is completed. Low osmolar contrast is used primarily because of the tenuous clinical condition of most of these patients. The diagnostic study should be performed without pharmacologic enhance­ment: administration of IA vasodilators such as papaver­ine (sometimes used for better delineation of the venous phase in anatomic mapping studies) could ameliorate the vasospasm seen in NOMI, precluding the diagnosis. Traditional film screen techniques are well accepted, al­though increasing numbers of angiographers are using high-resolution (1024 ⫻ 1024) nonsubtracted digital ar­teriography. It is essential to administer enough contrast and film out far enough for visualization of the venous phase (e.g., 6–8mL/sec, total volume 50–60 mL, covering 30 sec).
SMA embolus is the most frequent form of mesenteric ischemia (50% of cases). The source of the embolus is usually the left ventricle. Patients who have atrial fibril­lation or who were recently cardioverted are at high risk. Angiographically, the embolus presents as a sharp, rounded filling defect and occurs most often at branch points, especially the middle colic artery (Fig. 33-8). About 18% of emboli will lodge at the SMA origin, where they can be difficult to differentiate from acute thrombosis.
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Emboli lodging proximal to the ileocolic artery are consid­ered major. Considerable vasospasm is often present, which puts the bowel at additional risk.
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After making the diagnosis, a transcatheter vasodilator infusion is be­gun immediately in the angiography suite to ameliorate vasospasm and is continued throughout and after laparo­tomy (papaverine, 60-mgbolus followedby 60mg/hr infu­sion). Extramesenteric emboli can occur inup to one fifth of patients with SMA embolus and should not be over­looked clinically in the course of diagnosing the patient’s abdominal pain. In 10% of patients, minor emboli occur in the terminal SMA distal to the ileocolic artery origin or distally in branches ofthe superior mesenteric artery. If no peritonitis is present, patients may be managed with no specific therapy or with transcatheter papaverine and fol­lowed clinically without laparotomy. The role of regional thrombolysis in treating acute mesenteric artery embolus appears promising and its use is increasing; however, the use of lytic agents is not universally accepted and remains
controversial. Several case reports and small series have documented the use of urokinase inselected patients.
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Lysis may be effective in patients with recent onset of ab­dominal pain and a normal abdominal plain film and should only be continued if there is significant improve­ment of the angiographic signs and the clinical symptoms within the first hour of the start of the IA infusion.
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SMA thrombosis occurs in elderly patients with under­lying atherosclerotic disease. These patients usually have a history of peripheral vascular disease or coronary or cerebrovascular comorbidity and also may have a preced­ing chronic course of abdominal pain (intestinal angina). Thrombosis usually occurs at the origin of the superior mesenteric artery as an extension or exacerbation of aor­tic atherosclerosis (Fig. 33-9). SMA thrombosis is a rela­tively rare cause of acute mesenteric ischemia.
NOMI typically occurs in critically ill patients in inten­sive care units and is frequently associated with a preced­ing episode of myocardial infarction of congestive heart failure. The incidence of NOMI probably has decreased with the increased use of calcium channel blockers in the intensive care unit. Unless complicated by peritonitis, surgery is contraindicated in this disease, which is treated with transcatheter papaverine for 24 to 48 hr (Fig. 33-10). The initial (nonpapaverine enhanced) arteriogram may demonstrate diffuse narrowing of the SMA trunk and branches, narrowing at branch origins, a “string of sau­sages” appearance of the mesenteric arterial branches, spasm of the arcades, or impaired filling of the intramu­ral vessels (Fig. 33-11).
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Mesenteric venous thrombosis can be acute, subacute, or chronic and is idiopathic in 20% of cases (Fig. 33-12). Known etiologies include hypercoagulable states,neoplas­tic disease, peritonitis, surgery (e.g., splenectomy, pan­createctomy), and trauma. There is an association with deep venous thrombosis. Mesenteric venous thrombosis appears to have a better prognosis than arterial forms of mesenteric ischemia, with a mortality of about 32%. Mortality and morbidity may be reducedeven further with prompt heparinization. This disease has a more variable onset than the arterial forms of mesenteric ischemia, and extensive venous collaterals appear to prevent infarction of bowel in most cases. If no peritoneal signs are present, intravenous heparin should be given. The presence of peritoneal signs mandates a laparotomy. If only a short ischemic segment of bowel is found, it is resected and heparin is given. Ifa viable long ischemic segment is found and the superior mesenteric vein is patent, then heparin and an intraarterial papaverine drip are given. A “second­look operation” can be performed. In the presence of long ischemic segments and mesenteric vein occlusion, thrombectomy also is indicated. Long segments of nonvi­able bowel must be resected, and total parenteral nutri­tion may be needed. Thrombolysis for acute mesenteric venous thrombosis has been administered through the
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FIGURE 33-8. Patient with atrial fibrillation and several hours of acute
abdominal pain. A: There are dilated bowel loops and questionable intra­mural and portal vein gas ( cutoff of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) trunk ( superior mesenteric arteriogram demonstrates embolus lodging in the main SMA trunk at the level of the middle colic artery, with absent distal
arrow
filling ( embolus proved fatal.
). A papaverine infusion was begun preoperatively, but the
arrows.
) B: Lateral aortogram demonstrates
arrow
). C: Selective
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FIGURE 33-9. Lateral aortogram in an elderly patient with acute superior mesenteric artery (SMA) thrombosis.
SMA31and directly into the superior mesenteric vein through a transjugular, intrahepatic approach
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in case reports; results have been promising. With thewidespread use of CT, an increasing number of patients with asympto­matic, incidental mesenteric venous thrombus have been identified; the presence of such incidental cases suggests that mesentericvenous thrombosis may be associated with a very wide clinical spectrum of clinical illness.
The term colonic ischemia usually is reserved for a differ­ent, more benign condition than acute superior mesen­teric ischemia. Colonic ischemia is generally a transient disease with low mortality, although it can be fulminant. It usually occurs in the presence of a “low flow” state and is believed to be associated with small-vessel disease in the distribution of the IMA. Plain film signs include thumb­printing in the descending colon as a result of clinical edema or hemorrhage. Escherichia coli 0157:H7 infection is thought to be one etiology. The diagnosis is usually confirmed by endoscopy; angiography is not indicated.
Chronic mesenteric ischemia
Chronic mesenteric ischemia or “intestinal angina” oc­curs when there is chronic occlusion of at least two of three celio-mesenteric arteries (Fig. 33-13).
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The etiol-
A B
FIGURE 33-10. Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia. A: There is diffuse spasm of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and its
branches. There is poor filling of the SMA branches B: After an overnight transcatheter papaverine infusion, there is marked resolution with improved branch filling.
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FIGURE 33-11. “String of sausages” appearance in another patient with nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI).
ogy is usually atherosclerotic. The chronic time course of stenosis leading to occlusion allows for extensive collater­alization. (In situ thrombosis of a stenotic SMA may rarely lead to an acute exacerbation and to a clinical presenta­tion of acute mesenteric ischemia.) Intestinal angina oc­curs when the metabolic demand of the bowel outstrips the ability of the compromised arteries to deliver blood and oxygen. Patients typically complain of intense ab­dominal pain after eating, which may lead to “food fear,” with consequent marked weight loss. Malabsorbtion and abdominal bruit may develop. The diagnosis of chronic mesenteric ischemia is frequently one of exclusion, made after other possible etiologies of pain and weight loss (such as pancreatic neoplasm) are eliminated. Angio­graphy is usually invoked late in an extensive workup and is confirmatory. The difficulty of making this diagnosis is exacerbated because two- and even three-vessel celiome­senteric arterial occlusion has been seen and reported in asymptomatic patients. Conventional therapy is surgical,
FIGURE 33-12. Patient with 2 weeks of moderate abdominal pain. There is superior mesenteric vein (SMV) thrombosis. Note
arrow
absence of the superior mesenteric vein ( ence of collaterals in the duodenum ( of the portal vein, with nonopacified blood from the splenic vein
curved arrow.
(
)
arrowhead
) and the pres-
). There is filling
for example, aortomesenteric or iliac-mesenteric bypass. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has been used for atherosclerotic SMA stenoses, with some authors reporting 80 to 90% initial success; secondary patency and a 1- to 2-year clinical success rate for SMA PTA is reported as high as 60 to 80%.
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SMA stents may be important in achieving an effective result. Bypass surgery appears more durable than PTA (possibly because of the tendency to perform multiple-vessel bypasses) but most likely has a higher morbidity.
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Thus, some recommend PTA primarily for use in candidates who are at high risk for surgery. The use of metallic stents probably increases the success rate of PTA.
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Median arcuate ligament compression (celiaccompres-
sion syndrome) of the superior aspect of the celiac trunk
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FIGURE 33-13. Symptomatic chronic mesenteric ischemia.
Aortogram demonstrates occlusion of the celiac and mesen­teric arteries in the lateral (A) and the frontal projections (B). Significant atherosclerotic plaque is seen in the aorta and left renal artery. Large collateral is responsible for mesenteric per-
C
fusion (C).
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is usually asymptomatic and is thought to occur fre­quently. A bandlike superior indentation of the celiac artery is pathognomonic. PTA is not usually effective or indicated for median arcuate ligament syndrome.
■ Summary
Angiographic techniques play an important role in the diagnosis and management of lower GI hemorrhage and mesenteric ischemia. Timely and knowledgeable consult­ation with the interventional radiology service can make a huge impact on patient outcome.
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