Splenic flexure carcinoma as a source of hepatic portal venous gas.
Most patients with hepatic portal venous gas are seriously ill with some combination of bowel ischemia, distension, and/or necrosis. The authors report a case in which a necrotic splenic flexure carcinoma seeded gas and septic thrombi to the liver.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D011169:Portal Vein; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology
D005740:Gases