A case of hepatic portal venous gas that resolved with conservative treatment

Hideki Kogo; Hideaki Takasaki; Yoshinori Sakata; Yoshiharu Nakamura; Hiroshi Yoshida

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3534

Clinical Case Reports (Jan 2021)

A case of hepatic portal venous gas that resolved with conservative treatment

Hideki Kogo,
Hideaki Takasaki,
Yoshinori Sakata,
Yoshiharu Nakamura,
Hiroshi Yoshida

Affiliations

Hideki Kogo: Department of Surgery Nippon Medical School Tama‐Nagayama Hospital Tokyo Japan
Hideaki Takasaki: Department of Surgery Kamisu Saiseikai Hospital Ibaraki Japan
Yoshinori Sakata: Department of Surgery Kamisu Saiseikai Hospital Ibaraki Japan
Yoshiharu Nakamura: Department of Surgery Kamisu Saiseikai Hospital Ibaraki Japan
Hiroshi Yoshida: Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepato‐Biliary‐Pancreatic Surgery Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3534
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 584 – 585

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Abstract Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) is a potentially fatal condition. If vital signs are normal and laboratory data are not suggestive of any necrotic changes, a follow‐up computed tomography after a conservative procedure can be performed at short intervals to conservatively monitor the patient.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2050-0904

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