Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis.

A 64-year-old Japanese woman with ulcerative colitis visited our hospital for abdominal distention. Laboratory examinations and abdominal ultrasonography demonstrated no abnormal findings. Colonoscopy showed sessile polypoid lesions with no overlying mucosal abnormalities in the ascending colon (Picture 1). These lesions were soft and dented when pressed by biopsy forceps. Plain computed tomogr...

[Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis].

UNLABELLED AIR-FILLED CYSTS: Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is a benign air-filled cystic formation lying in submucosal or subserous digestive tissue. PCI has been reported all along the digestive tract. CLINICAL SIGNS Manifestations of PCI vary greatly. Some cases are asymptomatic, while others are revealed by abdominal pain or pneumoperitoneum. Outcome is usually favorable. EXPL...

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis.

Patients with free intraperitoneal air usually undergo emergency surgery. Some of these patients will have no identifiable perforation, for instance those with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis. This is a rare condition characterized by multiple intramural gas cysts in the gastrointestinal tract. The most common symptoms are meteorism, excessive flatulence, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, passage o...

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in Iran.

Nineteen cases of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis all affecting adults and all involving the small intestine have been collected in two centres of Iran (Shiraz and Tehran) over a 20 year period, the pathological findings being divided into three groups: pure submucosal, combined submucosal and subserosal, and pure subserosal cysts. Experimental PCI was produced in cadavers using high pressur...

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