ArticleOriginal scientific text
Title
A Case of Portomesenteric Venous Gas Detected on Computed Tomography
Authors 1, 2, 1, 1, 1
Affiliations
- Department of General Surgery and Transplantation Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin
- Department of Radiology SPSK2, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin
Abstract
Portomesenteric vein gas is a rare condition, which patogenesis is not completly understood. One of causes is e.g. mesenteric ischemia. Patogenesis of this condition are: intraabdominal sepsis, interventional procedures, liver transplantation, Crohn disease and trauma. In 15% of causes its idiopatic. Hepatic portal venous gas predict high risk of mortality (>50%). An advanced radiology techniques such as computed tomography can be helpfull in recognizing of this pathology stage. We want to report a case of 83-year-old man with acute abdominal pain after cardiovascular procedure, with portomesenteric vein gas and bowel pneumatosis detected on computed tomography.
Keywords
portomesenteric vein gas, pneumobilia, bowel pneumatosis
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Pages:
517-519
Main language of publication
English
Published
2013-09-01
Published online
2013-10-15
Medical and health sciences