%0 Journal Article
%T Portal venous gas and pneumatosis intestinalis. Rare radiological signs in a rare complication of Meckel¡¯s diverticulum
%A N Naguib
%A V Gupta
%A M Farag
%A P Mekhail
%J Journal of Surgical Case Reports
%D 2010
%I JSCR Publishing
%X Portal vein gas is an uncommon ominous radiological sign usually harbouring an intra abdominal catastrophe. When accompanied by pneumatosis intestinalis, it is more predictive of bowel ischemia. We present a case presented with both signs, who suffered from a rare complication of Meckel¡¯s diverticulum.
%K portal vein
%K pneumatosis
%K meckel
%K diverticulum
%U http://jscr.co.uk/2010/12/hepatobiliary-surgery/portal-venous-gas-and-pneumatosis-intestinalis-rare-radiological-signs-in-a-rare-complication-of-meckela£¿£¿s-diverticulum/