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Vol. 42. Núm. 7.
Páginas 447-448 (agosto - septiembre 2019)
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Vol. 42. Núm. 7.
Páginas 447-448 (agosto - septiembre 2019)
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Gastric and intestinal pneumatosis
Neumatosis gástrica e intestinal
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Manuel Durán
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, Rafael Calleja, Álvaro Naranjo, Javier Briceño
General and Digestive Surgery Department, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain
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An 81-year-old male with personal history of hypertension, hypothyroidism, heart failure, and total laryngectomy presented with coffee ground emesis and diffuse abdominal pain. He had tachycardia (140bpm) and hypotension (blood pressure of 82/46mmHg). Physical exam revealed diffuse abdominal tenderness with guarding and cold and clammy skin. The results of laboratory studies included a white-cell count of 19,100 per cubic millimeter; the serum creatinine level was 5.4mg per deciliter and lactic acid level of 21.1mmol per liter.

Computed tomography showed diffuse and circumferential air at the stomach (Fig. 1, red arrow) and distal ileum wall (Fig. 2, yellow arrow), hepatic portal venous gas in liver segment IV (Fig. 3, orange arrow) and left liver lobe. There was no defect of repletion in both celiac trunk and superior mesenteric artery (Figs. 4 and 5 respectively).

Figure 1.

Gastric pneumatosis (red arrow).

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Figure 2.

Intestinal pneumatosis (yellow arrow).

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Figure 3.

Hepatic portal venous gas (orange arrow).

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Figure 4.

Permeable celiac trunk (pink arrow).

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Figure 5.

Permeable superior mesenteric artery (green arrow).

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Surgical intervention was proposed for suspected ischemic bowel disease, but the family decline further intervention. The patient died after 6h.

Intestinal pneumatosis is defined as air within the wall of the gastrointestinal tract. It is associated with dire clinical conditions such as pulmonary disease, ischemia, bacterial infections, or mechanical causes.1 Acute bowel ischemia is an urgent, life-threatening vascular condition.2 It is the primary etiology of hepatic portal venous gas and when associated, they are related to a high mortality rate (85%).3

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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W.T. Lin, C.M. Chao, C.C. Lai.
Esophageal, gastric, and intestinal pneumatosis.
J Emerg Med, 48 (2015), pp. e41-e42
[2]
M. Milone, M.N. Di Minno, M. Musella, P. Maietta, V. Iaccarino, G. Barone, et al.
Computed tomography findings of pneumatosis and portomesenteric venous gas in acute bowel ischemia.
World J Gastroenterol, 19 (2013), pp. 6579-6584
[3]
B. Abboud, J. El Hachem, T. Yazbeck, C. Doumit.
Hepatic portal venous gas: physiopathology, etiology, prognosis and treatment.
World J Gastroenterol, 15 (2009), pp. 3585-3590
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