Massive gas embolism in E. coli septicemia
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Gastrointestinal Radiology
|January 1, 1981
Abstract:
The case of an elderly women with radiographic evidence of gas within her portal vein as well as the iliac and femoral arteries is presented. The underlying cause proved to be E. coli septicemia. Differential diagnosis and clinical significance of intravascular gas are reviewed.