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Query: UMLS:C0000727 (acute abdomen)
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Portal venous gas usually occurs in the setting of an acute abdomen. Several causes for benign portal venous gas (PVG) have been reported. We describe the finding of PVG by computed tomography in a febrile patient with Crohn's disease and discuss the clinical implications of such a finding.
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PMID:Portal venous gas in a patient with Crohn's disease. 223 6

Portal venous gas and pneumatosis intestinalis are rare but important radiographic findings. Combination of these conditions is strongly associated with transmural bowel infarction with high mortality. We present a case of an 82-year-old woman who was admitted to our department for acute abdomen with these two findings on CT scans.
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PMID:[Pneumatosis of the intestinal wall and portal venous gas]. 2357 82