Portomesenteric venous gas: Imaging findings with an emphasis on sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1051-1058

  Oktar, Suna Özhan ^a   Karaosmanoǧlu, Devrim ^a   Yücel, Cem ^a   Erbaş, Gonca ^a   Ilkme, Aydan ^a   Canpolat, Ilksen ^a   Özdemir, Hakan ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Portal vein gas; Portomesenteric gas; Sonography

Indexed keywords

MEDICINE; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION STATISTICS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SONOCHEMISTRY; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN GAS; PORTOMESENTERIC GAS; SONOGRAPHY;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; MALE; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PORTOMESENTERIC VENOUS GAS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; STOMACH PERFORATION; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 33746621710     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.8.1051     Document Type: Article

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