Open AccessHepatic portal venous gas
Author(s) -
Soon Wai Cheong,
Liu Kevin Yifei,
Blunt Dominic
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.252
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , hepatic portal vein , radiology , pathology , abdominal pain , ischemia , portal venous system , portal vein , portal hypertension , cirrhosis
Key Clinical Message Differentiating hepatic portal venous gas ( HPVG ) and pneumobilia on the CT scan can be accomplished by comparing the pattern of intrahepatic air spread. HPVG can be an indicator of significant intra‐abdominal pathology and bowel ischaemia is the most common causative etiology for HPVG .