Pneumatosis Intestinalis Caused by an Ingested Denture
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Pneumatosis Intestinalis Caused by an Ingested Denture
A 60-year-old woman, bedridden in a nursing home because of multisystem atrophy, developed aspiration pneumonia. Coarse crackles were observed in the lung fields, her abdomen was slightly distended, and the bowel sounds were diminished. An abdominal X-ray showed a possible foreign body (arrow head) and pneumatosis intestinalis (arrows) in the ascending colon (Picture A). Computed tomography con...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7660