Hepatic Portal Venous Gas with Pneumatosis Intestinalis

Nayan M Patel

Abstract


Hepatic portal venous gas with pneumatosis intestinalis are radiological clues of intestinal ischemia. Prompt evaluation and a high index of clinical suspicion for the diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia are necessary given the high mortality of this condition. This is a case of mesenteric ischemia, radiological clues to diagnosis, and associated mechanisms.

doi:10.4021/gr2009.01.1258


Keywords


pneumatosis intestinalis, mesenteric ischemia, hepatic portal venous gas

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