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La presencia de gas en el territorio venoso portomesentérico y en la pared intestinal, es una entidad infrecuente en el paciente adulto; sin embargo, con el avance del diagnóstico por imagen y el rápido crecimiento de la población anciana, cada vez son más frecuentes los casos publicados en la literatura médica. La etiología más frecuente es la isquemia mesentérica, potencialmente más letal en esta edad. Presentamos el caso de enterocolitis ne-crosante secundaria a isquemia mesentérica en una mujer de 80 años de edad, que se diagnosticó tras analizar el cuadro clínico y los hallazgos radiológicos. La paciente falleció tras un deterioro rápidamente progresivo. Revisamos los aspectos etiológicos, las manifestaciones clínicas, las pruebas diagnósticas y las opciones terapéuticas de esta entidad en el paciente geriátrico.
Palabras clave:
Gas venoso portal hepático
Neumatosis intestinal
Enterocolitis isquémica necrosante
Anciano
Pneumatosis intestinalis and portomesenteric venous gas in adults is a rare entity. However, because of the advances in diagnostic imaging and the rapid growth of the elderly population, more cases are being reported in adults. The most frequent cause of hepatic portal venous gas is extensive bowel necrosis, which is potentially fatal in this age group. We present an 80-year-old woman with clinical and radiological signs of portal venous gas and pneumatosis intestinalis secondary to ischaemic necrotizing enterocolitis. The patient’s general condition rapidly deteriorated with subsequent fatality. We review the aetiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests and therapeutic options of this disease in the elderly.
Key words:
Hepatic portal venous gas
Pneumatosis intestinalis
Ischaemic necrotizing enterocolitis
Elderly
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