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Abdominal angina or chronic mesenteric ischemia is a form of intermittent mesenteric ischemia in severe arterial stenosis with inadequate bowel perfusion triggered by food ingestion. Postprandial pain when blood flow goes away from the intestine due to the so-called gastric steal. Patients present typically with weight loss and clinical signs of malabsorption.
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Paolantonio, P., Dromain, C. (2014). A. In: Imaging of Small Bowel, Colon and Rectum. A-Z Notes in Radiological Practice and Reporting. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5489-9_1
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