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 2. (a) POCUS shows a right portal branch (asterisk) with some air bubbles into the lumen (black arrow). White arrows indicate some air in intrahepatic portal vessels. (b) CTA showing pneumatosis intestinalis (white arrow). (c) CTA shows the air flowing within the intestinal vessels (white arrow), as it is drained from the pneumatosis intestinalis, that will reach the portal vein. POCUS stands for point-of-care ultrasonography; CTA stands for computed tomographic angiography.</div>

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Figure 2: 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 2 | 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 