Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis: A Rare Benign Cause of Pneumoperitoneum

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is a rare gastrointestinal complication in the course of connective tissue diseases, especially in scleroderma, that can lead to pneumoperitoneum or obstruction. Findings on plain radiography may reveal radiolucent linear or bubbly circular air bubbles in the bowel...

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Autores principales: Devgun, Puneet, Hassan, Hal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3747401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23984156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/353245
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description Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is a rare gastrointestinal complication in the course of connective tissue diseases, especially in scleroderma, that can lead to pneumoperitoneum or obstruction. Findings on plain radiography may reveal radiolucent linear or bubbly circular air bubbles in the bowel wall, with or without free gas accumulation in the peritoneal cavity. Treatment of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis ranges from supportive care to laparotomy.
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spelling pubmed-37474012013-08-27 Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis: A Rare Benign Cause of Pneumoperitoneum Devgun, Puneet Hassan, Hal Case Rep Radiol Case Report Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is a rare gastrointestinal complication in the course of connective tissue diseases, especially in scleroderma, that can lead to pneumoperitoneum or obstruction. Findings on plain radiography may reveal radiolucent linear or bubbly circular air bubbles in the bowel wall, with or without free gas accumulation in the peritoneal cavity. Treatment of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis ranges from supportive care to laparotomy. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3747401/ /pubmed/23984156 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/353245 Text en Copyright © 2013 P. Devgun and H. Hassan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis: A Rare Benign Cause of Pneumoperitoneum
title Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis: A Rare Benign Cause of Pneumoperitoneum
title_full Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis: A Rare Benign Cause of Pneumoperitoneum
title_fullStr Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis: A Rare Benign Cause of Pneumoperitoneum
title_full_unstemmed Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis: A Rare Benign Cause of Pneumoperitoneum
title_short Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis: A Rare Benign Cause of Pneumoperitoneum
title_sort pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis: a rare benign cause of pneumoperitoneum
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3747401/
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