Pneumatosis Intestinalis and Aeroportia: A Case Report

The presence of pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) and hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) is associated with severe diseases. A 71-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with complaints of severe and persistent nausea, vomiting, and diffuse abdominal pain that had been present for one week....

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Autores principales: Machado, Marcia, Fernandes, Carlos, Cotter, Jorge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10576592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37842461
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45242
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author Machado, Marcia
Fernandes, Carlos
Cotter, Jorge
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Cotter, Jorge
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description The presence of pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) and hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) is associated with severe diseases. A 71-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with complaints of severe and persistent nausea, vomiting, and diffuse abdominal pain that had been present for one week. An abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed aeroportia and PI, suggesting intestinal ischemia. Despite refusing an emergent exploratory laparotomy, the patient received medical treatment. However, due to the advanced stage of the condition, the medical treatment was ineffective, and the patient died a few hours later.
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spelling pubmed-105765922023-10-15 Pneumatosis Intestinalis and Aeroportia: A Case Report Machado, Marcia Fernandes, Carlos Cotter, Jorge Cureus Gastroenterology The presence of pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) and hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) is associated with severe diseases. A 71-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with complaints of severe and persistent nausea, vomiting, and diffuse abdominal pain that had been present for one week. An abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed aeroportia and PI, suggesting intestinal ischemia. Despite refusing an emergent exploratory laparotomy, the patient received medical treatment. However, due to the advanced stage of the condition, the medical treatment was ineffective, and the patient died a few hours later. Cureus 2023-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10576592/ /pubmed/37842461 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45242 Text en Copyright © 2023, Machado et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Pneumatosis Intestinalis and Aeroportia: A Case Report
title_full Pneumatosis Intestinalis and Aeroportia: A Case Report
title_fullStr Pneumatosis Intestinalis and Aeroportia: A Case Report
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title_short Pneumatosis Intestinalis and Aeroportia: A Case Report
title_sort pneumatosis intestinalis and aeroportia: a case report
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10576592/
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