Abstract

GRANERO, Lucas E et al. Pneumatosis intestinalis and intrahepatic portal venous gas associated with small bowel occlusion: case report. Rev. argent. radiol. [online]. 2010, vol.74, n.1, pp.63-65. ISSN 1852-9992.

The pneumatosis intestinalis is a very infrequent condition associated with a number of diseases, such as mesenteric infarction, necrotizing enterocolitis, and obstructive pulmonary disease characterized by the presence of subserosal or submucosal gas cyst throughout the gastrointestinal tract. A 63- year- old man complained of upper abdominal pain, vomiting and high fever (39º C) on the nine day after total gastrectomy for cancer. Abdominal X-ray revealed intestinal distension. The abdominal Computed Tomography (CT) showed intestinal dilatation, mesenteric oedema, diffuse pneumatosis throughout the small intestine and gas in the portal venous system predominantly in the left hepatic lobe. It was performed emergency activity that revealed intestinal distension secondary to adhesion without intestinal necrosis. The patient had a downhill course and died thereafter. We report a new case and reviewed the literature of pneumatosis intestinalis associated with hepatic portal venous gas.

Keywords : Pneumatosis intestinalis; Hepatic portal venous gas.

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