Clinical Case Reports
Mesenteric Diatrizoate Pooling Mimicking an Anastomotic Leak in Multi‐Organ Dysfunction
By Ryusuke Katsuki, Masanobu Tsuda, Takayuki Irahara and 4 others.
Abstract
ABSTRACT In patients with multi‐organ dysfunction following severe physiological insult, such as prolonged cardiac arrest, enteral diatrizoate can be transmurally absorbed and sequestered within a contused mesentery. This retention mimics an active anastomotic leak on CT; clinical stability and the absence of fluid collections are essential to avoiding unnecessary re‐intervention.
Keywords
- acute medicine
- critical care medicine
- emergency medicine
- radiology and imaging
- surgery
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