Computed tomography finding of portal venous gas in a patient who survived mesenteric infarction

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 363-364

  Dyer, Evan J ^a,b   Faragher, Ian G ^a  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intestinal ischaemia; Portal venous gas

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; GAS EMBOLISM; HEPATIC PORTAL VENOUS GAS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD VESSEL; MESENTERY INFARCTION; MORTALITY; PORTAL VEIN; PROGNOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; MALE; MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20444470759     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03357.x     Document Type: Article

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