A Rare Case of Asymptomatic Hepatic Portal Venous Gas Caused by Gastroenteritis

Muhammad Tahir¹, Dianne R Lochocki² and Jose Raul Estrada³

¹Department of Internal Medicine, University at Buffalo, NY, USA

²Internal Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA

³Department of Gastroenterology, University at Buffalo, USA

*Corresponding Author : Muhammad Tahir
Department of Internal Medicine, University at Buffalo, NY, USA
E-mail: muhammadtahir090@gmail.com

Received: August 28, 2017 Accepted: September 11,2017 Published: September 18,2017

Citation: Tahir M, Lochocki DR, Estrada JR (2017) A Rare Case of Asymptomatic Hepatic Portal Venous Gas Caused By Gastroenteritis. J Liver Disease Transplant 6:2 doi: 10.4172/2325-9612.1000154

Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) is usually caused by air entry into the portal venous tributaries from the bowel lumen or due to the presence of gas-forming bacteria in portal system. In the past many years, the appearance of gas in the portal venous system was considered as a life threatening but more recently is of less concern
as it is also present in both iatrogenic and benign conditions. Regardless of the cause, it is imperative to rule out the life threatening etiologies. Here we describe a case of an asymptomatic patient with HPVG who presented with unusual pathology