Treatment of pneumatosis cystoides coli by oxygen inhalation.

Treatment of pneumatosis cystoides coli by oxygen inhalation.

Endotracheal intubation and intermittent positive pressure ventilation were used to overcome the difficulties of oxygen therapy for pneumatosis cystoides coli in a 9-year-old child with Down's syndrome and a congenital heart defect. As compared to previously reported cases, a shorter duration of treatment and a lower arterial oxygen tension proved successful.

Successful treatment of pneumatosis coli with oxygen.

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...