pneumatosis intestinalis: autopsy finding
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this is a case of a patient with bowel obstruction , imaging studies were suggestive for pneumatosis intestinalis. clinically diagnosed as adhesion band and pnematosis intestinalis. she underwent laparatomy, enterolysis, obstructionolysis and enterorrhaphy. the patient developed respiratory distress and expired after 2 days. at autopsy we found gray-brown discoloration in the wall of some part of small bowel and flattening of mucus membrane. grossly multiple gas-filled cysts were seen at the serosal surface. microscopic evaluation of small intestine wall showed multiple cysts located in submucosal and serosal layers.
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acta medica iranicaجلد ۴۷، شماره ۵، صفحات ۴۱۵-۴۱۷
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