| Literature DB >> 9722012 |
B Gurland1, S E Dolgin, E Shlasko, U Kim.
Abstract
The authors report on a 2-year-old boy in whom pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) and portal vein gas (PVG) resulted from blunt abdominal trauma after child abuse. The presumed pathophysiology of PI and PVG is mechanical in this setting. Its presence establishes mucosal injury but does not necessarily imply intestinal necrosis.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID： 9722012 DOI： 10.1016/s0022-3468(98)90176-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr Surg ISSN： 0022-3468 Impact factor: 2.545