GASTRIC EMPHYSEMA DUE TO NECROSIS FROM MASSIVE GASTRIC DISTENSION

Authors
LOW VHS THOMPSON RI
Citation
Vhs. Low et Ri. Thompson, GASTRIC EMPHYSEMA DUE TO NECROSIS FROM MASSIVE GASTRIC DISTENSION, Clinical imaging, 19(1), 1995, pp. 34-36
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
08997071
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
34 - 36
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-7071(1995)19:1<34:GEDTNF>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We report a case of gastric emphysema secondary to massive gastric dis tention. The gas within the gastric wall was seen as lines of bubbles on plain films, echogenic foci with distal reverberation on sonograms, and bubbles on computed tomography scans. Gastric emphysema was due t o necrosis, illustrating the importance of recognition of these imagin g signs.