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Analysis of Arteriograms of 185 Patients

Thomas F. Meaney, MD; Robert L. Kistner, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1967;94(6):811-816.

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DESPITE INTENSIVE investigation of patients whose symptoms are abdominal pain or weight loss, the cause of the pain is not diagnosed in a rather large number of patients. In 1957, Ödman¹ outlined the potentialities of selective arteriography of the celiac axis for detecting intra-abdominal disease processes. Since that time other authors^2,3,4 have demonstrated its value in the assessment of mass lesions of the gastrointestinal tract as well as in the evaluation of patients suspected of having occlusive disease of the celiac or mesenteric arteries.

A review of the literature discloses that in most series the indication for celiac or superior mesenteric arteriography has been for the elucidation of known disease processes. The purpose of this report is to present an analysis of the arteriographic findings in patients with abdominal pain or weight loss in whom the diagnoses were not made by the usual methods.

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Author Affiliations
Cleveland

From the Department of Hospital Radiology and the Department of Vascular Surgery, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland. Dr. Kistner is presently at the Straub Clinic, Honolulu.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Jan 11, 1967.

Reprint requests to 2020 E 93rd St, Cleveland 44106 (Dr. Meaney).

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