Pneumatosis of the intestinal wall and portal venous gas

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• portal venous gas
• pneumatosis intestinalis
• bowel ischemia