Gastric Pneumatosis: Emphysematous Gastritis versus Gastric Emphysema

Presence of air in the wall of the stomach is known as gastric pneumatosis. It may be associated with a benign condition like gastric emphysema (GE) to life threatening condition emphysematous gastritis (EG). Differentiation between two entities based on clinical presentation, predisposing factors,...

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Main Authors: Amit Kumar Paliwal, Sachin Girdhar, Somali Pattanayak, Brajesh Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2019-10-01
Series:Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1696082