title: Hepatic parenchymal gas after blunt trauma.
abstract: Hepatic parenchymal gas was demonstrated by computed tomography in a boy who had sustained severe blunt trauma to the abdomen 12 hours earlier. There was no clinical evidence of infection. Although previous reports have suggested that hepatic parenchymal gas indicates the presence of infection, such gas may also be a manifestation of severe blunt trauma without infection.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D005740:Gases