'Benign' hepatic portal venous gas

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-312

  Little, Andrew F ^a,b   Ellis, Samantha J ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Liver; Portal vein

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HEPATIC PORTAL VENOUS GAS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; ISCHEMIA; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 0141762675     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2003.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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