18 April 2024>: Articles
Potential Indicators of Intestinal Necrosis in Portal Venous Gas: A Case Report of an 82-Year-Old Woman on Long-Term Hemodialysis with Ascites and Pneumatosis Coli
Management of emergency care
Yoshio Hisata A , Naoko E. Katsuki A , Masaki Tago A* , Tomoyo Nishi E , Tomotaro Nakashima E , Yoshimasa Oda E , Shu-ichi Yamashita EDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.942966
Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e942966
Figure 1. Contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography findings associated with the patient’s first episode of abdominal pain. (A) Low-density areas with air density in the portal veins can be observed in the left hepatic lobe and peripheral portion of the right anterior lobe (arrowheads). (B) Low-density areas in the intestinal wall exhibit bubble-like formations (arrows). (C) An enlarged view of a portion of Figure B (arrows) shows the bubble-like appearance in greater detail.