Diverticulitis with colovenous fistula and portal venous gas. Report of two cases.
Two patients with mild abdominal pain and fever were found to have a colovenous fistula by barium enema. Both also showed portal venous gas on plain films of the abdomen. These two bring to six the total number of reported instances of colovenous fistula due to diverticulitis.
D000368:Aged; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000150:complications*; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008642:Mesenteric Veins; D011169:Portal Vein; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000150:complications*