PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS AND GAS IN THE SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN AND HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN: A RARE PRESENTATION OF ACUTE PERFORATED APPENDICITIS
Purpose: Pneumatosis intestinalis in association with gas in the superior mesenteric and hepatic portal vein (portomesenteric venous gas) is typically due to bowel infarction, and carries an ominous outcome. Much less commonly, it may be the result of nonischemic etiologies. We present a rare case o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bulgarian Association of Young Surgeons
2018-10-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Surgery and Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ejos.org/index.php?fulltxt=298094 |