A case of portal venous gas secondary to acute appendicitis detected on gray scale sonography but not computed tomography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 383-386

  San Millán Ruíz, Diego ^a   De Perrot, Thomas ^a   Majno, Pietro E ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; MEDICAL IMAGING; SURGERY; TUMORS;

APPENDICITIS; BOWEL ISCHEMIA; PORTAL VENOUS GAS (PVG); SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTERITIS; GAS EMBOLISM; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE SURGERY; MALE; MESENTERIC BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14644429721     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.3.383     Document Type: Article

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