Pneumatosis cyst of the sigmoid
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We present the case of a pneumatosis intestinalis in a 66 year-old men who was operated for a duodenal ulcer stenosis. This association is commonly found in the literature and several theories attempt to found a link, but the pathogenesis is still not clear. In the present case report. we discuss the pathogenic factors of such association.
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