Bezoar as a cause of portal vein pneumatosis: a case report
| Title: | Bezoar as a cause of portal vein pneumatosis: a case report |
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| Authors: | Qing Zhang, Heyu Meng, Yanqiu Chen, Fanbo Meng |
| Source: | Journal of International Medical Research, Vol 51 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | SAGE Publishing, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine (General) |
| Subject Terms: | Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| More Details: | Pneumatosis of the portal vein is considered a rare imaging sign rather than a disease. It usually occurs in patients with digestive tract diseases such as intestinal obstructive diseases, mesenteric vascular diseases, closed abdominal trauma, and liver transplantation. Because of its high mortality rate, it is also termed the “sign of death.” Hawthorn contains tannic acid, and seafood is rich in calcium, iron, carbon, iodine, and other minerals and proteins. Thus, consuming both hawthorn and seafood together can result in the formation of an indigestible complex in the body, acting as the main pathogenic factor in patients with intestinal obstruction. We herein describe a patient with duodenal obstruction caused by hawthorn who developed the hepatic portal venous gas sign and was cured by nonsurgical treatment. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1473-2300 03000605 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1473-2300 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/03000605231180540 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/e6c646c13f234acb8bff97bd3f850016 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.6c646c13f234acb8bff97bd3f850016 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 14732300 03000605 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/03000605231180540 |
| Published in: | Journal of International Medical Research |
| Language: | English |