Kogo Hideki, Takasaki Hideaki, Sakata Yoshinori, Nakamura Yoshiharu, Yoshida Hiroshi
Department of Surgery Nippon Medical School Tama-Nagayama Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Department of Surgery Kamisu Saiseikai Hospital Ibaraki Japan.
Clin Case Rep. 2020 Nov 12;9(1):584-585. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3534. eCollection 2021 Jan.
Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) is a potentially fatal condition. If vital signs are normal and laboratory data are not suggestive of any necrotic changes, a follow-up computed tomography after a conservative procedure can be performed at short intervals to conservatively monitor the patient.