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[An unusual complication of perforated sigmoid diverticulitis: gas in the portal vein with miliary liver abscesses].
J Chir (Paris). 1993 May; 130(5):237-9.JC

Abstract

A patient presented with gas in the portal vein and miliary liver abscesses due to perforation of a sigmoid diverticulitis abscess. The outcome was favorable after surgical treatment. Gas in the portal vein, a sign of extreme seriousness, is generally the result of intestinal necrosis from ileo-mesenteric artery infarction, responsible for more than 75% of deaths. Diagnosis of this exceptional complication, suggested from a straight abdominal film, was confirmed by hepatic ultrasound and scan imaging. Urgent surgical intervention can hopefully, as in the present case, result in the patient's survival.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Burgard G
Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Nord, Saint-Priest en Jarez.
Cuilleron M
No affiliation info available
Cuilleret J
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AgedCholecystectomyDiverticulitisGasesHumansLiver AbscessLiver DiseasesMalePortal VeinSigmoid DiseasesTomography, X-Ray Computed

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

fre

PubMed ID

8345021

Citation

Burgard, G, et al. "[An Unusual Complication of Perforated Sigmoid Diverticulitis: Gas in the Portal Vein With Miliary Liver Abscesses]." Journal De Chirurgie, vol. 130, no. 5, 1993, pp. 237-9.
Burgard G, Cuilleron M, Cuilleret J. [An unusual complication of perforated sigmoid diverticulitis: gas in the portal vein with miliary liver abscesses]. J Chir (Paris). 1993;130(5):237-9.
Burgard, G., Cuilleron, M., & Cuilleret, J. (1993). [An unusual complication of perforated sigmoid diverticulitis: gas in the portal vein with miliary liver abscesses]. Journal De Chirurgie, 130(5), 237-9.
Burgard G, Cuilleron M, Cuilleret J. [An Unusual Complication of Perforated Sigmoid Diverticulitis: Gas in the Portal Vein With Miliary Liver Abscesses]. J Chir (Paris). 1993;130(5):237-9. PubMed PMID: 8345021.
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