Hepatic Portal Venous Gas (HPVG) after Ingestion of Chlorine Bleach: A Transient Phenomenon
Francesco M Arico, Francesco Buemi, Pietro Pitrone, Claudio Giardina, Renato Trimarchi, Flavia Borruto, Sarah Doria, Cristina Turiaco, Simona Caloggero, Romaric Loffroy, Robbert J de Haas · 2023
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Francesco Arico and co-authors report the case of a 32-year-old man who swallowed chlorine bleach and then showed a striking scan finding. Gas had entered the portal vein of his liver, a sign long linked with grave bowel damage and poor odds. Their 2023 case report asks how much alarm that sign should raise when the cause is a swallowed poison.
In this man the gas cleared on its own within a day under watchful, non-surgical care. The authors suggest that the bleach burned the gut wall enough to let gas from the bowel slip into the portal blood flow. They note that gas from toxic swallowing is often short-lived, though it still calls for care. Extra oxygen therapy under pressure may help when nerve symptoms appear. The case adds a milder path to a finding often read as dire.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Francesco M Arico, Francesco Buemi, Pietro Pitrone, Claudio Giardina, Renato Trimarchi, Flavia Borruto, Sarah Doria, Cristina Turiaco, Simona Caloggero, Romaric Loffroy, Robbert J de Haas |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 13 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |