PORTAL PYELOPHLEBITIS IDENTIFIED BY CT SCAN IN A PATIENT WITH ISCHEMIC BOWEL

Authors
GHANI A KASIRAJAN K SMITH J
Citation
A. Ghani et al., PORTAL PYELOPHLEBITIS IDENTIFIED BY CT SCAN IN A PATIENT WITH ISCHEMIC BOWEL, The American surgeon, 61(12), 1995, pp. 1039-1040
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The American surgeon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031348
Volume
61
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1039 - 1040
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1348(1995)61:12<1039:PPIBCS>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A 65-year-old male was found to have hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) by computed tomogram secondary to ischemic bowel. Despite aggressive s urgical and antibiotic treatment, the patient died within 12 hours. Po rtal pyelophlebitis, when identified by air in the portal venous syste m, is a grave indicator of ischemic bowel with a very high mortality r ate, except in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.