Pneumatosis intestinalis and portal venous gas without bowel ischemia in a patient treated with irinotecan and cisplatin

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 217-219

  Kung, David ^a   Ruan, Daniel T ^a   Chan, Rodney K ^a   Ericsson, Melissa L ^b   Saund, Mandeep S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Irinotecan; Pneumatosis intestinalis; Portal venous gas

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; IRINOTECAN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACIDEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NAUSEA; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PORTAL VEIN PNEUMATOSIS; PORTAL VENOUS GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CAMPTOTHECIN; CISPLATIN; COLON; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLISM, AIR; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; PORTAL VEIN; PRODRUGS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37249005839     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9846-9     Document Type: Article

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