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Case Reports
. 2015 Aug 3:2015:bcr2015211514.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-211514.

Hepatic portal venous gas complicating Bickerstaff's encephalitis with Guillain Barré overlap

Corinna Slawinski  1 , Ed Parkin  2 , Patrick Casey  1 , Stephen Pettit  2
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Case Reports

Hepatic portal venous gas complicating Bickerstaff's encephalitis with Guillain Barré overlap

Corinna Slawinski et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
CT showing gas in the superior mesenteric vein (red arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
CT showing hepatic portal venous gas in the liver.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Operative photograph showing patchy ischaemia of dilated proximal jejunum (green arrows).
Figure 4
Figure 4
CT showing resolution of HPVG 6 days postlaparotomy. HPVG, hepatic portal venous gas.
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