Multiple System Atrophy Showing Portomesenteric Venous Gas with Pneumatosis Intestinalis on Abdominal Computed Tomography Associated with a Cause of Death

Intern Med. 2019 Oct 1;58(19):2857-2859. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2949-19. Epub 2019 Jun 7.

Abstract

This manuscript describes the first known case of a patient with multiple system atrophy whose parasympathetic dominant disturbance might have been associated with the relative constriction of the superior mesenteric artery, leading to nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia and subsequent portomesenteric venous gas with pneumatosis intestinalis on abdominal computed tomography approaching death.

Keywords: multiple system atrophy; pneumatosis intestinalis; portomesenteric venous gas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Embolism, Air / diagnosis*
  • Embolism, Air / etiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Veins
  • Multiple System Atrophy / complications*
  • Multiple System Atrophy / diagnosis
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / diagnosis*
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / etiology
  • Portal Vein
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*