Image of the Month: Portal Venous Gas Caused by Sigmoid Diverticulitis

Gastroenterology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Al Toma, A ^a   Nix, M ^a   Brink, M A ^a  

^a MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SIGMOID; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; BLOOD; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; COLON, SIGMOID; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; GASES; HUMANS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 1642386254     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Kinoshita H, Shinozaki M, Tanimura H, Umemoto Y, Sakaguchi S, Takifuji K, et al. Clinical features and management of hepatic portal venous gas: four case reports and cumulative review of the literature. Arch Surg 2001;136:1410-1414.