title: [Hepatic-portal Venous Gas after Lung Cancer Surgery].
abstract: An 80-year-old man who was treated by pancreaticoduodenectomy and total gastrectomy for bile duct carcinoma 24 years ago, underwent right upper lobectomy for lung squamous carcinoma. Four days after surgery, he complained of fever and decrease of blood pressure without peritoneal irritation sign. Computed tomography showed hepatic-portal gas with mild pneumatosis intestinalis. He was treated by conservative therapy and recovered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komori
authors.forename: Toshiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: Kimiaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Muneo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minowa
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed