Abstract

AGUIRRE, HERNÁN DARÍO; JIMENEZ CASTRO, LORENA  and  POSADA, ANDRÉS FELIPE. Pneumatosis intestinalis and portall venus gas: radiological findings and clinical significance in a case of abdominal catastrophe. CES Med. [online]. 2014, vol.28, n.1, pp.133-138. ISSN 0120-8705.

We report a 56-year-old woman with abdominal pain 5 days duration associated with nonspecific manifestations without etiology of pain. We conducted studies in search of the source of pain between these severe intestinal pneumatosis that progress despite medical management and could not be taken to surgery due to hemodynamic state to a rapid deterioration after medical evaluation and documented patient dies. Finally, we review this case and the most frequent finding of portomesenteric venous gas

Keywords : Abdominal pain; acute mesenteric ischemia; portal venous gas; pneumatosis intestinalis.

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