Pneumatosis Intestinalis with Hepatic Portal Venous Gas in a Hemodialysis Patient / 대한신장학회지

ABSTRACT

Pneumatosis intestinalis is an uncommon but important condition in which gas is found in a linear or cystic form in the submucosa or subserosa of the bowel wall. It occurs in several clinical settings in adults who have a wide variety of underlying disorders that determine prognosis. Especially, hepatic portal venous gas with pneumatosis intestinalis has been rarely described in chronic dialysis patients. We report a case of 53-year-old man with hemodialysis-dependent end stage renal disease who developed a pneumatosis intestinalis accompanied hepatic portal venous gas. This patient was treated conservatively with intravenous antibiotics, fluid therapy, and oxygen supply without surgical approach.