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Initial CT abdominal images. All cases were diagnosed by the presence of ischemic bowel signs: the arrow head indicate portal venous gas (A), pneumatosis intestinalis (B), and absence of bowel wall enhancement (C) without occlusion or thrombus of the mesenteric arteries in the CT scan findings (D).
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F1
All patients were diagnosed by the presence of ischemic bowel signs (portal venous gas, pneumatosis intestinalis, and absence of bowel wall enhancement) without occlusion or thrombus of the mesenteric arteries in the CT scan findings (Fig. 1).
Excised intestinal tract. There was nonocclusive and segmental enterointestinal damage with ulcer and necrosis on the membrane ( ). These were characteristic pathological findings of NOMI.
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F2
Pathological findings in the resected intestines showed nonocclusive and segmental enterointestinal damage with ulcer and necrosis on the membrane (Fig. 2).