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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Medknow Publications and Staff Society of Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
ISSN: 0022-3859
EISSN: 0022-3859
Vol. 57, No. 1, 2011, pp. 42-43
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Bioline Code: jp11009
Full paper language: English
Document type: Case Report
Document available free of charge
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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2011, pp. 42-43
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Pneumatosis intestinalis and mesenteric venous gas - A manifestation of bacterascites in a patient with cirrhosis
Yellapu, R. K.; Rajekar, H.; Martin, J. D. & Schiano, T. D.
Abstract
We herein report a patient with decompensated cirrhosis secondary to autoimmune hepatitis, who presented with pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) and portal venous gas. Mesenteric ischemia has been recognized as a common and life-threatening cause of PI which portends a grave prognosis. The patient was found to have bacterascites and recovered after appropriate antibiotic therapy. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis/bacterascites with gas-forming organisms manifesting as PI has not been previously reported.
Keywords
Bacterascites, mesenteric venous gas, pneumatosis intestinalis
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