Case report: portal and systemic venous gas in a patient with perforated duodenal ulcer: CT findings.
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Gas within the portal circulation has been known to be associated with a number of conditions most commonly mesenteric ischemia and necrosis. Systemic venous gas is described with few conditions and is mostly iatrogenic in nature. We describe a case of combined portal and systemic venous gas detected by computed tomography in a patient with perforated duodenal ulcer.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of radiology case reports
دوره 8 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014