Clinical Case Reports (Mar 2021)

Portal venous gas after a failed endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography attempt in a patient with a large hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report

  • Gianluca Cassese,
  • Francesco Maione,
  • Mariantonietta Alagia,
  • Luisa Ambrosio,
  • Emanuele Caruso,
  • Alessia Chini,
  • Claudio Cimmino,
  • Riccardo Aurelio Nasto,
  • Francesca Pegoraro,
  • Mariano Cesare Giglio,
  • Giovanni Domenico De Palma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3766
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 3
pp. 1339 – 1343

Abstract

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Abstract The cause of hepatic portal vein gas (HPVG) is variable. Good knowledge of the possible causes, combined with the clinical assessment of the patient and a good quality imaging, is required to correctly identify the underlying cause of HPVG and to best predict the prognosis.

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