A rare cause of acute abdomen in the ED: Chemotherapy-induced pneumatosis intestinalis

Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) and portomesenteric venous gas (PVG) refers to the presence of air within the intestinal wall and portomesenteric vessels. Most of the time, it is associated with mesenteric ischemia that requires immediate surgical intervention as it has high mortality rate. It may als...

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Autores principales: Ozturk, Mesut, Camlidag, Ilkay, Nural, Mehmet Selim, Ozbalci, Gokhan Selcuk, Bekci, Tumay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5812908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29464220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2017.05.005

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5812908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29464220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2017.05.005

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