[Gas in the portal vein system of the liver. Value of ultrasound].
We report on 9 patients presenting with different diseases of varying severity, who were found to have hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) identified by diagnostic ultrasonography. Intrahepatic gas was a shortlasting phenomenon, which could not be seen radiologically in most cases. Earlier beliefs that HPVG is a poor prognostic sign associated with high mortality, should be revised.
Metzler
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Medizinische Klinik, Kreiskrankenhaus Reutlingen, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus, Universität Tübingen.
Blank
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Horn
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Schubert
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Braun
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B
D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005740:Gases; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011379:Prognosis; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate; D014463:Ultrasonography
D005740:Gases
Gas im portalvenösen System der Leber. Stellenwert der Sonographie.