Small Bowel CT Appearances

Small Bowel Angiodysplasia CT Findings

• Most common in proximal small bowel but can occur throughout the small bowel
• Tuft-like hypervascular enhancing focus less than 5mm which fades on delayed phases
• Multifocal in 40% to 75% of cases
• Composed of abnormally dilated thin-walled vessels with high propensity for bleeding

Related Lectures:
CT Evaluation of GI Bleeding - Part 3
CT Evaluation of GI Bleeding - Part 4
Abdominal Pain in the ER: GI Pathology - Part 3
CT Evaluation of GI Bleeding - Part 2
CT Evaluation of GI Bleeding - Part 3