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Abdominal computed tomography performed immediately after the first abdominal ultrasonography, and showing isolated small bubbles of portal venous gas (arrow) in the liver.
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Urgent abdominal CT performed immediately after the US confirmed the presence of PVG, which was limited to rare bubbles in the liver parenchyma (Fig. 1) and in the mesenteric veins, and limited pneumatosis intestinalis on the small bowel, while the mesenteric arteries were permeable.