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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.
- CT scan can also be helpful in the evaluation of the patency of the portal and splenic veins in varices prior to a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure or splenic artery embolization.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.