Intermittent hepatic portal vein gas complicating diverticulitis - A case report and literature review

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1395-1399

  Sellner, Franz ^a   Sobhian, Babak ^a   Baur, Martina ^a   Sellner, Stephanie ^a   Horvath, Barbara ^a   Mostegel, Margit ^a   Karner, Josef ^a   Staettner, Stefan ^a  

^a KAISER FRANZ JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diverticulitis; Hepatic portal vein gas

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT FISTULA; CASE REPORT; COLIC; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DETERIORATION; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEVER; GAS EMBOLISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INTERMITTENT HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN GAS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIVERTICULITIS; GASES; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBITIS; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34648840628     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-007-0346-3     Document Type: Article

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