Hepatic portal venous gas due to endoscopic sphincterotomy.
This report describes a patient with sickle cell disease and cholelithiasis with choledocholithiasis who developed benign hepatic portal venous gas following endoscopic sphincterotomy. The portal venous gas was rapidly absorbed without untoward sequelae.
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West Gastroenterology Group, Daniel Freeman Hospital, Inglewood, California.
D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011169:Portal Vein; D013105:Sphincterotomy, Transduodenal / Q000009:adverse effects*