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Transient venous air embolism after ERCP: worrisome or not? Cover

Transient venous air embolism after ERCP: worrisome or not?

Journal of Ultrasonography
Volume 20 (2020): Issue 80 (January 2020)
By: Theodor Alexandru Voiosu,  Andrada Viorela Gheorghe,  Gabriel Lepădat,  Radu Bogdan Mateescu and  Mihai Rimbaș  
Open Access
|Mar 2020

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Fig. 1.

Initial cholangiogram revealing two 8 mm stones in the common bile duct
Initial cholangiogram revealing two 8 mm stones in the common bile duct

Fig. 2.

Control cholangiogram at the end of the ERCP procedure confirming stone clearance. No obvious radiologic signs of perforation were seen by the examiner
Control cholangiogram at the end of the ERCP procedure confirming stone clearance. No obvious radiologic signs of perforation were seen by the examiner

Fig. 3.

Echogenic particles flowing within the portal vein and inferior vena cava, and multiple non-shadowing echogenic foci within the liver parenchyma consistent with the presence of intrahepatic portal venous gas
Echogenic particles flowing within the portal vein and inferior vena cava, and multiple non-shadowing echogenic foci within the liver parenchyma consistent with the presence of intrahepatic portal venous gas

Fig. 4.

Contrast-enhanced CT scan of the abdomen performed 4 hours after the second abdominal ultrasound examination showing massive retropneumoperitoneum (arrows) and a post-cholecystectomy drainage tube. Gas is no longer visible in the liver or portal venous system
Contrast-enhanced CT scan of the abdomen performed 4 hours after the second abdominal ultrasound examination showing massive retropneumoperitoneum (arrows) and a post-cholecystectomy drainage tube. Gas is no longer visible in the liver or portal venous system

Fig. 5.

Image of the retroperitoneal cavity taken during the surgical intervention
Image of the retroperitoneal cavity taken during the surgical intervention
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15557/jou.2020.0011 | Journal eISSN: 2451-070X | Journal ISSN: 2084-8404
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Language: English
Page range: 67 - 69
Submitted on: Jan 9, 2020
Accepted on: Feb 3, 2020
Published on: Mar 31, 2020
Published by: MEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS Sp. z o.o.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
intrahepatic portal venous gas,
venous embolism,
ERCP,
retroduodenal perforation,
retropneumoperitoneum
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Basic medical science,
Basic medical science, other

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