ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2013
A systematic analysis of pneumatosis cystoids intestinalis.
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- Not all small bowel pneumatosis is ischaemia: a case-based systematic review of non-ischaemic causes.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2026Pooled it
- Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis mimicking colonic subepithelial tumors with spontaneous resolution after relocation from a high-altitude region: a case report.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis Mimicking Perforation in a Patient With Gastric Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Multi-slice computed tomography diagnosis of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis with pneumoperitoneum in high-altitude regions: preventing unnecessary laparotomies.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Incidentally Identified Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis in Patients With Gastric Outlet Obstruction From Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Case Report.Case reports in surgery · 2026Article
- A Rare Case of Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis in a Patient with Chronic Appendicitis.International medical case reports journal · 2026Article
- Idiopathic pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis of the small bowel with perforation and congenital duodenal membranous stenosis and malrotation of intestine. A case report.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Recurrent pneumoperitoneum with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in tuberculous pleurisy: Case report.Medicine · 2025Article
- Different Aspects of Pneumatosis Intestinalis.Cureus · 2025Article
- Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis and ketoacidosis in a diabetic patient: A case report and literature review.Medicine · 2025Review
- Incidental pneumatosis intestinalis in a patient with chronic kidney disease: a case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
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- A rare case of extensive pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis with intestinal malrotation: Case report.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- An unusual case of multiple colonic polyps.United European gastroenterology journal · 2024Article
- Extensive inflammatory adhesion of small bowel with massive Pneumatosis Intestinalis in a patient with gastric outlet obstruction: A rare case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2024Article
- Rare etiology of colonic intussusception involving an adult with emphysematous cystic enteropathy: A case report and review of literature.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- Intestinal Emphysema and Gut Bacterial Microbiota Composition.Microorganisms · 2024Article
- Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis in Muscular Dystrophy and Congenital Myopathies: A Report of Five Cases.Cureus · 2024Article
- Low-risk pneumatosis intestinalis in the pediatric surgical population.Pediatric surgery international · 2024Article
- Incidental pneumoperitoneum due to pneumatosis intestinalis: A rare case of benign pneumoperitoneum.International journal of surgery case reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
aimTo increase the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) and to find the characteristics and potential cause of the disease in China.
methodsWe report here one case of PCI in a 70-year-old male patient who received a variety of treatment methods. Then, we systematically searched the PCI eligible literature published from an available Chinese database from May 2002 to May 2012, including CBM, CBMDisc, CMCC, VIP, Wanfang, and CNKI. The key words were pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, pneumatosis, pneumatosis intestinalis, pneumatosis coli and mucosal gas. The patients' information, histories, therapies, courses, and outcomes were reviewed.
resultsThe study group consisted of 239 PCI cases (male:female = 2.4:1) from 77 reported incidents. The mean age was 45.3 ± 15.6 years, and the median illness course was 6 mo. One hundred and sixty patients (66.9%) were in high altitude areas. In addition, 43.5% (104/239) of the patients had potential PCI-related disease, and 16.3% had complications with intestinal obstruction and perforation. The most common symptom was abdominal pain (53.9%), followed by diarrhea (53.0%), distention (42.4%), nausea and vomiting (14.3%), bloody stool (12.9%), mucous stool (12.0%) and constipation (7.8%). Most multiple pneumocysts developed in the submucosa of the colon (69.9%). The efficacy of the treatments by combined modalities, surgery, endoscopic treatment, conservative approach, oxygen, and antibiotics were 100%, 100%, 100%, 93.3%, 68.3% and 26.3%, respectively.
conclusionPCI can be safely managed by conservative treatments, presents more frequently in males, in the large bowel and submucosa, than in females, in the small intestine and subserosa. High altitude residence maybe associated with the PCI etiology.
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