Hepatic portal venous gas: A report of two cases and a review of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and approach to management

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 309-313

  Alqahtani, Saleh ^a,b   Coffin, Carla S ^a,b   Burak, Kelly ^a,b   Chen, Fred ^b   MacGregor, John ^b   Beck, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatic portal venous gas; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ischemia

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; METRONIDAZOLE; TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN PNEUMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250854058     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/934908     Document Type: Article

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