title: Uncomplicated portal venous gas associated with duodenal perforation following ERCP: CT features.
abstract: Visualization of portal venous air in adults is usually an ominous sign of impending death. The case reported below demonstrates portal vein gas with a benign course in a patient with a duodenal perforation following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Merine
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004386:Duodenum; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012188:Retropneumoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology