Author/Authors :
Panico, Camilla Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Avanzate - Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy , Meo, Marilisa di ASL Napoli 2 NORD - Santa Maria delle Grazie, Italy , Tammaro, Nicola ASL Napoli 2 NORD - Santa Maria delle Grazie, Italy , Pirozzi, Raffaele EM ASL Napoli 2 NORD - Santa Maria delle Grazie, Italy , Cusati, Bianca ASL Napoli 2 NORD - Santa Maria delle Grazie, Italy
Abstract :
Porto-mesenteric venous gas (PMVG) is a severe sign of abdominal organs damage. Imaging diagnostic criteria allow the detection of PMVG and should be applied in the presence of severe symptoms and signs of abdominal organs damage. Our case had clinical signs of epigastric pain and abdominal tenderness and ultrasonography and computed tomography evidence of PMVG and gastric cancer. The subsequent surgery, without complications, induced PMVG to disappear and the patient to be dismissed from hospital.
Keywords :
Porto-mesenteric venous gas , abdominal computed tomography , abdominal ultrasonography , gastric cancer
