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Portal venous gas following a barium enema in a patient with Crohn's colitis

A benign finding

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Abstract

Hepatic portal venous gas occurring during an air-contrast bariumenema examination in patients with inflammatory bowel disease is a benign finding. Patients with chronic ulcerative colitis have experienced some morbidity, while those with Crohn's colitis have not. It may not be necessary to treat all of these patients with antibiotics, especially asymptomatic patients with Crohn's colitis.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Gastroenterology, Hospital of St. Raphael, 1450 Chapel Street, 06511, New Haven, Connecticut

    Barry H. Katz M.D. & Solomon S. Schwartz M.D.

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Katz, B.H., Schwartz, S.S. Portal venous gas following a barium enema in a patient with Crohn's colitis. Dis Colon Rectum 29, 49–51 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02555288

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