Detection of portal venous gas on sonography, but not on CT.

Chevallier, Patrick; Peten, Emmanuel; Souci, Johanna; Chau, Yves; Padovani, Bernard; Bruneton, Joel Noël · Eur Radiol · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report three cases of portal venous gas detected on sonography without any portal abnormality on CT. In such a situation portal gas could correspond to a tiny amount of intraluminal gas after blunt abdominal trauma or, in contrast, to large or very large quantities of high blood-solubility gases in case of septicemia. Outcome was favorable in all three cases.

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