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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2017
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| 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 |