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Sonographic ?gastric corona sign?: Diagnosis of gastric pneumatosis caused by a penetrating gastric ulcer

✍ Scribed by Chang, Ying-Sen; Wang, Hsiu-Po; Huang, Guan-Tarn; Wu, Ming-Shiang; Lin, Jaw-Town

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 234 KB
Volume: 27
Category: Article
ISSN: 0091-2751
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199909)27:7<409::aid-jcu9>3.0.co;2-5

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✦ Synopsis

We present a case of gastric pneumatosis associated with splenoportal venous gas caused by a giant penetrating gastric ulcer. On sonography, the gastric pneumatosis appeared as a circular hyperechoic band with distal reverberations due to gas collection in the gastric wall; we termed this appearance the "gastric corona sign." Awareness of this sonographic sign may aid in the early diagnosis of gastric pneumatosis.