Benign hepatic portal venous gas in a critically ill patient.
Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) formation is regarded as a sign of serious intra-abdominal process. This report presents an abdominal CT scan of a patient with incidental but rare finding of HPVG after nasogastric intubation. The presence of HPVG should prompt a thorough diagnostic evaluation to immediately rule out a catastrophic intra-abdominal condition.
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. egorosp1@jhmi.edu
Emmanuel C
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Gorospe
D000005:Abdomen; D016638:Critical Illness; D005260:Female; D005740:Gases; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D005740:Gases