Appendicitis-related pneumatosis intestinalis and portal venous gas in a pregnant woman

Dig Liver Dis. 2014 May;46(5):476-7. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2013.12.020. Epub 2014 Feb 5.

Authors

Alessandro A Lemos¹, Ugo Cioffi², Manuela W Ossola³, Dario Conte⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Radiology, Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Division of Emergency Surgery, Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy.
³ Division of Gynecology, Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 24508100
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2013.12.020

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Appendicitis / complications*
Appendicitis / surgery
Embolism, Air / diagnostic imaging
Embolism, Air / etiology*
Female
Humans
Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / diagnostic imaging
Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / etiology*
Portal Vein
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / diagnostic imaging
Pregnancy Complications / etiology*
Radiography