Computed tomography findings of pneumatosis and portomesenteric venous gas in acute bowel ischemia

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 39, 2013, Pages 6579-6584

  Milone, Marco ^a   Di Minno, Matteo Nicola Dario ^a   Musella, Mario ^a   Maietta, Paola ^a   Iaccarino, Vittorio ^a   Barone, Giovanni ^b   Milone, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Department of Surgery   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bowel ischemia; Computed tomography; Mesenteric venous gas; Pneumatosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

BOWEL ISCHEMIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MESENTERIC VENOUS GAS; PNEUMATOSIS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; INTESTINES; ISCHEMIA; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MESENTERIC VEINS; NECROSIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84886899164     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i39.6579     Document Type: Article

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