We report the case of a 87-year-old woman admitted to our Emergency Department for mild abdominal pain associated with vomiting. An abdominal X-ray showed gas present in the portal venules of the left hepatic lobe, a finding associated with numerous surgical and medical conditions. The patient was successfully managed with conservative treatment. Isolated intrahepatic gas is a rare radiologic finding; emergency surgery should be performed only when there are signs of associated acute intestinal infarction.

Gas in the portal vein: an emergency or just hot air? / Zorzetti, N; Lauro, A; Ruffato, A; D'Andrea, V; Ferruzzi, L; Antonacci, N; Tranchino, R M. - In: DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES. - ISSN 0163-2116. - (2021). [10.1007/s10620-021-07126-8]

Gas in the portal vein: an emergency or just hot air?

Zorzetti, N;Lauro, A
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D'Andrea, V;
2021

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We report the case of a 87-year-old woman admitted to our Emergency Department for mild abdominal pain associated with vomiting. An abdominal X-ray showed gas present in the portal venules of the left hepatic lobe, a finding associated with numerous surgical and medical conditions. The patient was successfully managed with conservative treatment. Isolated intrahepatic gas is a rare radiologic finding; emergency surgery should be performed only when there are signs of associated acute intestinal infarction.
2021
Emergency surgery; hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG); intestinal ischemia; intrahepatic pneumatosis; superior mesenteric artery embolism
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Gas in the portal vein: an emergency or just hot air? / Zorzetti, N; Lauro, A; Ruffato, A; D'Andrea, V; Ferruzzi, L; Antonacci, N; Tranchino, R M. - In: DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES. - ISSN 0163-2116. - (2021). [10.1007/s10620-021-07126-8]
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