Hepatic portal venous gas as a complication of diverticulitis with a colovenous fistula: A case report

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 234-236

  Heye, S ^a   Ghijselings, L ^a   Van Campenhoudt, M ^a  

^a Brussels Saint Elisabeth Clinic   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Colonic diverticulitis; Intestinal fistula; Portal vein

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE; GASTROGRAFINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON FISTULA; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MESENTERIC VEIN; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN PNEUMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 0036810014     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-002-0229-4     Document Type: Article

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