Computed tomography findings in fatal cases of enormous hepatic portal venous gas

Table 1 Summary of the patients with portal venous gas.

Patient	Age (yr)	Sex	HPVG	SMVgas	Intram ural gas		Metabolicacidosis	Bowel distention	Clinical manifestations	Underlying disease	Prognosis
					Small bowel	Colon
1	90	M	+	+	+	-	-	+	Segmental small bowel ischemia	Chronic renal insufficiency, hypertension	Expired within 72 h after operation
2	71	F	+	+	+	-	+	+	Acute pancreatitis	Hypertension, DM	Expired within 24 h
3	72	F	+	+	+	-	+	+	Rapid progressionof septic shock	Ischemia heart disease, gouty arthritis	Expired within 24 h
4	50	M	+	+	+	+	+	+	Acute pancreatitis	Alcoholism, DM	Expired within 24 h
5	65	F	+	+	+	+	-	+	Long segmental small bowel ischemia	ESRD, DM, hypertension	Expired within 12 h after operation