TY - JOUR
T1 - Vomiting-induced gastric emphysema and hepatoportal venous gas
T2 - A case report and review of the literature
AU - Parikh, Malav P.
AU - Sherid, Muhammed
AU - Ganipisetti, Venu
AU - Gopalakrishnan, Venu
AU - Habib, Maria
AU - Tripathi, Monika
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Malav P. Parikh et al.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Gastric pneumatosis is the presence of air within the wall of the stomach. It represents a spectrum of conditions ranging from benign disease to septic shock and death. Etiopathologically, it can be classified into emphysematous gastritis or gastric emphysema (GE). Along with hepatoportal venous gas (HPVG), it was considered as an ominous radiological sign and warranted an emergent surgical exploration; however, with widespread use of computerized tomographic (CT) scan, an increasing number of benign causes of GE and HPVG have been reported in the literature, where patients can be managed by noninvasive and conservative measures. We hereby describe a case where recurrent episodes of vomiting led to development of GE and HPVG and the patient was managed successfully by conservative measures.
AB - Gastric pneumatosis is the presence of air within the wall of the stomach. It represents a spectrum of conditions ranging from benign disease to septic shock and death. Etiopathologically, it can be classified into emphysematous gastritis or gastric emphysema (GE). Along with hepatoportal venous gas (HPVG), it was considered as an ominous radiological sign and warranted an emergent surgical exploration; however, with widespread use of computerized tomographic (CT) scan, an increasing number of benign causes of GE and HPVG have been reported in the literature, where patients can be managed by noninvasive and conservative measures. We hereby describe a case where recurrent episodes of vomiting led to development of GE and HPVG and the patient was managed successfully by conservative measures.
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U2 - 10.1155/2015/413230
DO - 10.1155/2015/413230
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84988837403
SN - 1687-9627
VL - 2015
JO - Case Reports in Medicine
JF - Case Reports in Medicine
M1 - 413230
ER -