Hepatic portal venous gas: Transient radiographic finding associated with colchicine toxicity

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 911, 2003, Pages 835-837

  Saksena, M ^a   Harisinghani, M G ^b   Wittenberg, J ^b   Mueller, P R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; COLCHICINE; CREATININE; NITROGEN; UREA; ANTIGOUT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GOUT; HEPATIC PORTAL VENOUS GAS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTESTINE INJURY; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SYNCOPE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION; AIR EMBOLISM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INJURY; INTESTINE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY;

COLCHICINE; EMBOLISM, AIR; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0642303725     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/13712140     Document Type: Article

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