Hepatic portal venous gas in a patient with enterovascular fistula

Abdom Imaging. 2006 Nov-Dec;31(6):706-9. doi: 10.1007/s00261-005-8011-1. Epub 2006 Feb 7.

Abstract

Hepatic portal venous gas is an uncommon clinical condition that is often characterized by acute onset of abdominal pain and is associated with a high rate of mortality despite clinical and/or surgical treatment. Radiologic diagnosis is important and usually includes abdominal radiography, ultrasound, and computed tomography. We describe the clinical, computed tomographic, and angiographic data of a patient with sigmoid diverticulitis who developed a massive embolism of the intra- and extrahepatic portal systems due to an enterovascular fistula and was treated with fistula embolization and subsequent sigmoidectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Colon, Sigmoid / diagnostic imaging
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diverticulitis / complications*
  • Diverticulitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Embolism, Air / diagnostic imaging*
  • Embolism, Air / therapy
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / diagnostic imaging
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Veins / diagnostic imaging*
  • Portal Vein / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed