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Portal venous gas in a patient with diverticulitis
H R Haak1, M F Kooymans-Coutinho, M E von Teeffelen
1Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Hepato-Gastroenterology
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
Gas in the portal vein is a rare finding associated with a grave prognosis. We present a case of portal venous gas in a 34-year-old man with an abscess due to perforated-sigmoid diverticulitis and Escherichia coli sepsis. successfully treated with sigmoid resection and antibiotic therapy.