title: A cause of porto-mesenteric pneumatosis not secondary to intestinal ischemia.
abstract: The finding of portal pneumatosis may be related to multiple etiologies such as intestinal inflammatory diseases, intestinal infectious diseases, chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments or advanced stages of intestinal ischemia. The gold standard for diagnosis is computed tomography, and once the findings are observed, proper differential diagnosis must be asserted to prevent unnecessary laparotomies.
authors.affiliation: Cirugia General, Fundación Althaia. Xarxa Assistencial, España.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soto Montesinos
authors.affiliation: Cirugia General, Fundación Althaia. Xarxa assistencial.
authors.forename: Roser
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Farré Font
authors.affiliation: Cirugia General, Fundación Althaia. Xarxa assistencial.
authors.forename: Merce
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Güell Farré
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed