Pneumatosis Intestinalis in a Patient with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

Pneumatosis Intestinalis is a rare condition characterized by the presence of gas within the intestinal wall. We describe a case of a 33-year-old woman with acute promyelocytic leukemia who developed nausea and nonbloody diarrhea. CT showed intramural air in transverse and descending colon. Patient...

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Autores principales: Mangaonkar, Abhishek, Mansour, Joshua, Keen, Ryan, Kukkadapu, Tarun, Chintalapally, Rohini, Kota, Vamsi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4618106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26635981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/576042
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author Mangaonkar, Abhishek
Mansour, Joshua
Keen, Ryan
Kukkadapu, Tarun
Chintalapally, Rohini
Kota, Vamsi
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description Pneumatosis Intestinalis is a rare condition characterized by the presence of gas within the intestinal wall. We describe a case of a 33-year-old woman with acute promyelocytic leukemia who developed nausea and nonbloody diarrhea. CT showed intramural air in transverse and descending colon. Patient clinically improved with conservative management.
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spelling pubmed-46181062015-12-03 Pneumatosis Intestinalis in a Patient with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Mangaonkar, Abhishek Mansour, Joshua Keen, Ryan Kukkadapu, Tarun Chintalapally, Rohini Kota, Vamsi Case Rep Hematol Case Report Pneumatosis Intestinalis is a rare condition characterized by the presence of gas within the intestinal wall. We describe a case of a 33-year-old woman with acute promyelocytic leukemia who developed nausea and nonbloody diarrhea. CT showed intramural air in transverse and descending colon. Patient clinically improved with conservative management. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4618106/ /pubmed/26635981 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/576042 Text en Copyright © 2015 Abhishek Mangaonkar et al. 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 Intestinalis in a Patient with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
title Pneumatosis Intestinalis in a Patient with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
title_full Pneumatosis Intestinalis in a Patient with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
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title_short Pneumatosis Intestinalis in a Patient with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
title_sort pneumatosis intestinalis in a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4618106/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/576042
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