Pneumatosis of the esophagus and intestines with portal venous air: a rare presentation

Pneumatosis intestinalis is a radiographic finding that represents a spectrum of conditions ranging from benign disease to abdominal sepsis and death. Along with portal venous gas, it is generally considered an ominous sign prompting emergency operative intervention. We report a rare case showing th...

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Autores principales: Muhammad, Mustafa Noor, Sadough, Maryam, King, Robert, Singh, Gurkeerat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5637708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29046756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1356188
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description Pneumatosis intestinalis is a radiographic finding that represents a spectrum of conditions ranging from benign disease to abdominal sepsis and death. Along with portal venous gas, it is generally considered an ominous sign prompting emergency operative intervention. We report a rare case showing that nonoperative therapy can be considered in a seriously ill patient with esophageal, gastric and portal venous air.
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spelling pubmed-56377082017-10-18 Pneumatosis of the esophagus and intestines with portal venous air: a rare presentation Muhammad, Mustafa Noor Sadough, Maryam King, Robert Singh, Gurkeerat J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Pneumatosis intestinalis is a radiographic finding that represents a spectrum of conditions ranging from benign disease to abdominal sepsis and death. Along with portal venous gas, it is generally considered an ominous sign prompting emergency operative intervention. We report a rare case showing that nonoperative therapy can be considered in a seriously ill patient with esophageal, gastric and portal venous air. Taylor & Francis 2017-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5637708/ /pubmed/29046756 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1356188 Text en © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Pneumatosis of the esophagus and intestines with portal venous air: a rare presentation
title_full_unstemmed Pneumatosis of the esophagus and intestines with portal venous air: a rare presentation
title_short Pneumatosis of the esophagus and intestines with portal venous air: a rare presentation
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