Portomesenteric venous gas and pneumatosis intestinalis secondary to mesenteric ischaemia. 2016

James Vassallo, and Julia Gauci, and Kelvin Cortis
Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008642 Mesenteric Veins Veins which return blood from the intestines; the inferior mesenteric vein empties into the splenic vein, the superior mesenteric vein joins the splenic vein to form the portal vein. Mesenteric Vein,Vein, Mesenteric,Veins, Mesenteric
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011006 Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis A condition characterized by the presence of multiple gas-filled cysts in the intestinal wall, the submucosa and/or subserosa of the INTESTINE. The majority of the cysts are found in the JEJUNUM and the ILEUM. Cystoides Intestinalis, Pneumatosis,Intestinalis, Pneumatosis Cystoides
D011169 Portal Vein A short thick vein formed by union of the superior mesenteric vein and the splenic vein. Portal Veins,Vein, Portal,Veins, Portal
D005740 Gases The vapor state of matter; nonelastic fluids in which the molecules are in free movement and their mean positions far apart. Gases tend to expand indefinitely, to diffuse and mix readily with other gases, to have definite relations of volume, temperature, and pressure, and to condense or liquefy at low temperatures or under sufficient pressure. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012778 Short Bowel Syndrome A malabsorption syndrome resulting from extensive operative resection of the SMALL INTESTINE, the absorptive region of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. Bowel Syndrome, Short,Bowel Syndromes, Short,Short Bowel Syndromes,Syndrome, Short Bowel,Syndromes, Short Bowel
D065666 Mesenteric Ischemia Ischemic tissue injury produced by insufficient perfusion of intestinal tissue by the MESENTERIC CIRCULATION (i.e., CELIAC ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; INFERERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; and MESENTERIC VEINS). It can progress from ISCHEMIA; EDEMA; and GANGRENE of the bowel wall to PERITONITIS and cardiovascular collapse. Acute Mesenteric Arterial Embolus,Acute Mesenteric Arterial Thrombosis,Mesenteric Vascular Insufficiency,Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis,Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemia,Occlusive Mesenteric Arterial Ischemia,Insufficiencies, Mesenteric Vascular,Insufficiency, Mesenteric Vascular,Ischemia, Mesenteric,Ischemia, Nonocclusive Mesenteric,Ischemias, Mesenteric,Ischemias, Nonocclusive Mesenteric,Mesenteric Ischemia, Nonocclusive,Mesenteric Ischemias,Mesenteric Ischemias, Nonocclusive,Mesenteric Vascular Insufficiencies,Mesenteric Venous Thromboses,Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemias,Thromboses, Mesenteric Venous,Thrombosis, Mesenteric Venous,Vascular Insufficiencies, Mesenteric,Vascular Insufficiency, Mesenteric,Venous Thromboses, Mesenteric,Venous Thrombosis, Mesenteric

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