HEPATIC PORTAL VENOUS GAS - SIGNIFICANCE OF SONOGRAPHY

Authors
METZLER B BLANK W HORN H SCHUBERT U BRAUN B
Citation
B. Metzler et al., HEPATIC PORTAL VENOUS GAS - SIGNIFICANCE OF SONOGRAPHY, Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie, 31(10), 1993, pp. 617-620
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00442771
Volume
31
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
617 - 620
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-2771(1993)31:10<617:HPVG-S>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We report on 9 patients presenting with different diseases of varying severity, who were found to have hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) iden tified by diagnostic ultrasonography. Intrahepatic gas was a shortlast ing phenomenon, which could not be seen radiologically in most cases. Earlier beliefs that HPVG is a poor prognostic sign associated with hi gh mortality, should be revised.