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A Case Report on Hepatic Portal Venous Gas (HPVG)
Hepatic Portal Venous Gas (HPVG) is the abnormal presence of gas in the portal venous system. It is associated with life-threatening conditions and is a sinister radiological sign. This case report aims to evaluate the significance of HPVG as a radiological sign. Our case involves a 49-year-old man...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9597268/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36320790 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30689 |
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description | Hepatic Portal Venous Gas (HPVG) is the abnormal presence of gas in the portal venous system. It is associated with life-threatening conditions and is a sinister radiological sign. This case report aims to evaluate the significance of HPVG as a radiological sign. Our case involves a 49-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital following a one-day history of severe epigastric pain and haematemesis. Investigations showed extensive HPVG, gastric pneumatosis, a large retroperitoneal haematoma, and an obstructive lesion between the first and second part of the duodenum. Our patient was managed conservatively in the High Dependency Unit (HDU). A repeat Computerised Tomography (CT) scan showed successful resolution of the HPVG and gastric pneumatosis without any invasive intervention. |
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spelling | pubmed-95972682022-10-31 A Case Report on Hepatic Portal Venous Gas (HPVG) Latham, Joseph Nanayakkara, Gayan Cureus Radiology Hepatic Portal Venous Gas (HPVG) is the abnormal presence of gas in the portal venous system. It is associated with life-threatening conditions and is a sinister radiological sign. This case report aims to evaluate the significance of HPVG as a radiological sign. Our case involves a 49-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital following a one-day history of severe epigastric pain and haematemesis. Investigations showed extensive HPVG, gastric pneumatosis, a large retroperitoneal haematoma, and an obstructive lesion between the first and second part of the duodenum. Our patient was managed conservatively in the High Dependency Unit (HDU). A repeat Computerised Tomography (CT) scan showed successful resolution of the HPVG and gastric pneumatosis without any invasive intervention. Cureus 2022-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9597268/ /pubmed/36320790 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30689 Text en Copyright © 2022, Latham et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Radiology Latham, Joseph Nanayakkara, Gayan A Case Report on Hepatic Portal Venous Gas (HPVG) |
title | A Case Report on Hepatic Portal Venous Gas (HPVG) |
title_full | A Case Report on Hepatic Portal Venous Gas (HPVG) |
title_fullStr | A Case Report on Hepatic Portal Venous Gas (HPVG) |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case Report on Hepatic Portal Venous Gas (HPVG) |
title_short | A Case Report on Hepatic Portal Venous Gas (HPVG) |
title_sort | case report on hepatic portal venous gas (hpvg) |
topic | Radiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9597268/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36320790 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30689 |
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