title: Intermittent hepatic portal vein gas complicating diverticulitis--a case report and literature review.
abstract: METHODS
  This report describes a case of intermittent hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) because of colonic diverticulitis in a 48-year-old man, who was successfully treated by surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on an extensive literature search, which produced 21 observations, the etiology, symptoms, imaging features, clinical significance, treatment strategy, and outcome of HPVG because of colonic diverticulitis are evaluated: While observations with an underlying intramesocolic abscess carry a favorable prognosis, the prognosis of observations because of septic thrombophlebitis with gas forming germs is poor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Chirurgische Abteilung, Kundratstr. 3, 1100, Vienna, Austria. sellner.franz@aon.at
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sellner
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sobhian
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baur
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sellner
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Horvath
authors.forename: Margit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mostegel
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karner
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Staettner
mesh_terms: D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000150:complications*; D005740:Gases; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010689:Phlebitis / Q000473:pathology; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005740:Gases