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A Fatal Case of Hepatic Portal Venous Gas Associated With Hemodialysis

Author(s) -

Tahmina Begum,

Mashrafi Ahmed

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

acg case reports journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112

H-Index - 4

ISSN - 2326-3253

DOI - 10.14309/crj.2016.117

Subject(s) - medicine , portal venous system , gastrointestinal tract , hemodialysis , portal venous pressure , gastroenterology , pneumatosis intestinalis , acute abdomen , radiology , portal hypertension , cirrhosis

Hepatic portal venous gas is a rare cause of acute abdomen caused by leakage of air from the gastrointestinal tract to the portal venous system. The mortality is high, particularly when associated with intestinal ischemia or necrosis. We describe a fatal case of hepatic portal venous gas and pneumatosis intestinalis due to hemodialysis-related hypotension and severe atherosclerotic disease.

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