Portal venous gas and pneumatosis intestinalis. Rare radiological signs in a rare complication of Meckel’s diverticulum

Portal vein gas is an uncommon ominous radiological sign usually harbouring an intra abdominal catastrophe. When accompanied by pneumatosis intestinalis, it is more predictive of bowel ischemia. We present a case presented with both signs, who suffered from a rare complication of Meckel’s diverticul...

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Autores principales: Naguib, N, Gupta, V, Farag, M, Mekhail, P, Izzidien, A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JSCR Publishing Ltd 2010
Materias:
Hepatobiliary Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24945845
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2010.10.8
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Sumario:Portal vein gas is an uncommon ominous radiological sign usually harbouring an intra abdominal catastrophe. When accompanied by pneumatosis intestinalis, it is more predictive of bowel ischemia. We present a case presented with both signs, who suffered from a rare complication of Meckel’s diverticulum.

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