Transient portal venous gas associated with reversible non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To report the utility of abdominal ultrasonography (US) to identify the presence of portal venous gas (PVG) during non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI), and to follow the disappearance of portal venous gas after resolution of the NOMI.

Data sources

This was a clinical observation of a patient, with images of abdominal computed tomography (CT), and a video of portal venous gas identified by ultrasonography.

Data synthesis

We describe the case of an adult patient admitted to our ICU for NOMI developing 48h after cardiac surgery. Medical intensive care associated with jejunal resection and vacuum-assisted closure led to rapid recovery. Three weeks later, the patient presented acute pulmonary edema, and developed a new episode of NOMI that was suspected by

SUBMITTER: Piton G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5480224 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature