ArticleRadiology case reports2020
Pneumatosis intestinalis with pneumoperitoneum: Not always a surgical emergency.
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- The Clinical Effect of Endoscopic Mucosal Needle Aspiration Combined with Anhydrous Alcohol in the Treatment of Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Mesenteric pneumatosis on CT: a predictor of benign pneumatosis intestinalis.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of Pneumoperitoneum Associated with Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis in Children: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- A new medical device applied in a case of acute fecal impaction with overflow diarrhea: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2024Article
- Systemic lupus erythematosus presenting with pneumoperitoneum without evidence of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis-when not to operate-a case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2024Article
- The spectrum of pneumatosis intestinalis in the adult. A surgical dilemma.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2023Review
- Pneumomediastinum, pneumatosis intestinalis and pneumoperitoneum in a patient with polymyositis: case-based review.Rheumatology international · 2023Review
- Pneumatosis intestinalis: Not always bowel ischemia.Radiology case reports · 2022Article
- Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis with pneumoperitoneum in an 87-years-old male patient: a case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2022Article
- Idiopathic asymptomatic pneumoperitoneum in a patient with ureteric calculus and Crohn's disease.Journal of surgical case reports · 2022Article
- Asymptomatic pneumoperitoneum or pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis? Easy to make a mistake.Journal of surgical case reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) and pneumoperitoneum are commonly recognized as severe signs of gastrointestinal diseases that require emergency surgery. However, these symptoms can also be caused by benign conditions. We describe 4 cases of benign PI and pneumoperitoneum that were detected in different clinical situations (accidental discovery in bilan of aortic dissection (case #1), bilateral pulmonary embolism (case #2), overflow diarrhea due to fecal impaction (case #3), and in follow-up postbiliary digestive anastomosis surgery (case #4), which were addressed with exploratory surgery (case #1) or conservative treatment (the remaining cases), with favorable outcomes. Because PI and pneumoperitoneum can be associated with both life-threatening causes and benign conditions, treatment decisions should be based on the correspondence between clinical and paraclinical features, rather than imaging alone
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