A rare occurrence of hepatic portal venous gas in emphysematous pyelonephritis

Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) is an uncommon radiological sign and often portends significant underlying abdominal disease. A number of conditions may produce this sign and identifying the underlying etiology is essential for management. The advent of ultrasonography-color Doppler imaging and com...

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Autores principales: Sen, Debraj, Sandhu, Arjun S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3897040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24497694
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.124218
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description Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) is an uncommon radiological sign and often portends significant underlying abdominal disease. A number of conditions may produce this sign and identifying the underlying etiology is essential for management. The advent of ultrasonography-color Doppler imaging and computerized tomography has led to more frequent recognition of this condition. This article describes the very rare association of HPVG in a patient with emphysematous pyelonephritis.
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spelling pubmed-38970402014-02-04 A rare occurrence of hepatic portal venous gas in emphysematous pyelonephritis Sen, Debraj Sandhu, Arjun S. Indian J Urol Case Report Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) is an uncommon radiological sign and often portends significant underlying abdominal disease. A number of conditions may produce this sign and identifying the underlying etiology is essential for management. The advent of ultrasonography-color Doppler imaging and computerized tomography has led to more frequent recognition of this condition. This article describes the very rare association of HPVG in a patient with emphysematous pyelonephritis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3897040/ /pubmed/24497694 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.124218 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Urology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full A rare occurrence of hepatic portal venous gas in emphysematous pyelonephritis
title_fullStr A rare occurrence of hepatic portal venous gas in emphysematous pyelonephritis
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title_short A rare occurrence of hepatic portal venous gas in emphysematous pyelonephritis
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