Pneumatosis intestinalis and portal-venous gas: An unusual presentation of acute appendicitis

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Tuite, D J ^a   Byrne, A ^a   Colhoun, E ^a   Torreggiani, W C ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Complications; Computed tomography; Hepatic portal venous gas; Pneumatosis intestinalis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFARCTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 34548661539     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01848.x     Document Type: Article

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