A case of non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia and hepatic portal venous gas: not everyone knows that…
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Transient portal venous gas associated with reversible non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia: A case report
OBJECTIVES To report the utility of abdominal ultrasonography (US) to identify the presence of portal venous gas (PVG) during non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI), and to follow the disappearance of portal venous gas after resolution of the NOMI. DATA SOURCES This was a clinical observation of a patient, with images of abdominal computed tomography (CT), and a video of portal venous gas i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal and Emergency Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1828-0447,1970-9366
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-011-0569-8