Vomiting-Induced Gastric Emphysema and Hepatoportal Venous Gas: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Gastric pneumatosis is the presence of air within the wall of the stomach. It represents a spectrum of conditions ranging from benign disease to septic shock and death. Etiopathologically, it can be classified into emphysematous gastritis or gastric emphysema (GE). Along with hepatoportal venous gas...
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| author | Malav P. Parikh Muhammed Sherid Venu Ganipisetti Venu Gopalakrishnan Maria Habib Monika Tripathi |
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| description | Gastric pneumatosis is the presence of air within the wall of the stomach. It represents a spectrum of conditions ranging from benign disease to septic shock and death. Etiopathologically, it can be classified into emphysematous gastritis or gastric emphysema (GE). Along with hepatoportal venous gas (HPVG), it was considered as an ominous radiological sign and warranted an emergent surgical exploration; however, with widespread use of computerized tomographic (CT) scan, an increasing number of benign causes of GE and HPVG have been reported in the literature, where patients can be managed by noninvasive and conservative measures. We hereby describe a case where recurrent episodes of vomiting led to development of GE and HPVG and the patient was managed successfully by conservative measures. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-95eadc01e5d249d99ea75e64bb229ed02025-02-03T07:24:45ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352015-01-01201510.1155/2015/413230413230Vomiting-Induced Gastric Emphysema and Hepatoportal Venous Gas: A Case Report and Review of the LiteratureMalav P. Parikh0Muhammed Sherid1Venu Ganipisetti2Venu Gopalakrishnan3Maria Habib4Monika Tripathi5Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Presence Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL 60202, USADepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA 30912, USADivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Presence Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL 60202, USADivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Presence Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL 60202, USADepartment of Radiology, Presence Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL 60202, USADivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Presence Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL 60202, USAGastric pneumatosis is the presence of air within the wall of the stomach. It represents a spectrum of conditions ranging from benign disease to septic shock and death. Etiopathologically, it can be classified into emphysematous gastritis or gastric emphysema (GE). Along with hepatoportal venous gas (HPVG), it was considered as an ominous radiological sign and warranted an emergent surgical exploration; however, with widespread use of computerized tomographic (CT) scan, an increasing number of benign causes of GE and HPVG have been reported in the literature, where patients can be managed by noninvasive and conservative measures. We hereby describe a case where recurrent episodes of vomiting led to development of GE and HPVG and the patient was managed successfully by conservative measures.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/413230 |
| spellingShingle | Malav P. Parikh Muhammed Sherid Venu Ganipisetti Venu Gopalakrishnan Maria Habib Monika Tripathi Vomiting-Induced Gastric Emphysema and Hepatoportal Venous Gas: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Vomiting-Induced Gastric Emphysema and Hepatoportal Venous Gas: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Vomiting-Induced Gastric Emphysema and Hepatoportal Venous Gas: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Vomiting-Induced Gastric Emphysema and Hepatoportal Venous Gas: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vomiting-Induced Gastric Emphysema and Hepatoportal Venous Gas: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Vomiting-Induced Gastric Emphysema and Hepatoportal Venous Gas: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | vomiting induced gastric emphysema and hepatoportal venous gas a case report and review of the literature |
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