title: [Gas in the portal vein system of the liver. Value of ultrasound].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik, Kreiskrankenhaus Reutlingen, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus, Universität Tübingen.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Metzler
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Blank
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schubert
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D005740:Gases
vernacular_title: Gas im portalvenösen System der Leber. Stellenwert der Sonographie.