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case_images: Abdominal computed tomography on day 34 of admission of an 83-year-old woman with emphysematous gastritis. Computed tomography shows air within the gastric wall (arrowheads), extensive gas in the bowels, and massive feces in the rectum (arrow).
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case_images: C-reactive protein, 14.2 mg/dL. Computed tomography showed ileus due to fecal impaction, GE (Fig. 1) and portal vein gas (Fig. 2).
case_images: Subsequent computed tomography on day 39 of admission of an 83-year-old woman with emphysematous gastritis. Computed tomography shows the disappearance of gastric emphysema.
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case_images: Subsequent computed tomography on day 39 showed the disappearance of gastric emphysema (Fig. 3), and her white blood cell count returned to 8,900/muL that same day.