Ultrasound Detection of Portomesenteric Venous Gas Is an Early Sign of Bowel Ischaemia in Non-Traumatic Abdominal Pain: Old Dogs, New Tricks—Four Cases Report

<div>POCUS and CTA of case 1. (a) POCUS shows portal vein at hepatic hilum (asterisk) with multiple hyperechogenic spots into the lumen. White arrows indicate air in intrahepatic portal vessels with altered liver ultrasonographic structure. (b) A CTA scan confirms air into the liver (white arrows), while air is not easily identified into portal vein. (c) CTA confirms a little area of pneumatosis intestinalis (white arrow). POCUS stands for point-of-care ultrasonography; CTA stands for computed tomographic angiography.</div>

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Figure 1: Ultrasound Detection of Portomesenteric Venous Gas Is an Early Sign of Bowel Ischaemia in Non-Traumatic Abdominal Pain: Old Dogs, New Tricks—Four Cases Report 

Figure 1 | Ultrasound Detection of Portomesenteric Venous Gas Is an Early Sign of Bowel Ischaemia in Non-Traumatic Abdominal Pain: Old Dogs, New Tricks—Four Cases Report 