Portomesenteric Venous System Gas after CT Colonography: A Case Report

Portomesenteric Venous System Gas after CT Colonography: A Case Report

Portomesenteric vein gas can occur owing to a variety of interraleted factors such as loss of mucosal integrity and intraluminal overpressure, and the most common and serious cause is bowel ischemia, which requires urgent laparotomy. Nevertheless, when portal venous gas is caused by nonischemic caus...

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Main Authors: Ilaria Sansoni, Claudia Lucia Piccolo, Ilenia Di Giampietro, Matteo Polacco, Bruno Beomonte Zobel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Radiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/420901
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