ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2021
Asymptomatic pneumoperitoneum or pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis? Easy to make a mistake.
Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sigmoid pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis secondary to chronic digestive hyperpressure on post-ulcer duodenal bulb stenosis, decompensated following recent endoscopic insufflation.Journal of surgical case reports · 2026Article
- When Air Is Not an Emergency: Using Intraperitoneal Sevoflurane to Rule Out Perforation.Cureus · 2026Article
- Persistent Asymptomatic Pneumoperitoneum With Spontaneously Resolving Idiopathic Pneumatosis Intestinalis: A Case Report.Case reports in surgery · 2025Article
- Navigating Asymptomatic Idiopathic Pneumoperitoneum: A Case Report and a Literature Review.Cureus · 2024Article
- Idiopathic Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis of the small bowel with pneumoperitoneum and consecutive small bowel mesenteric torsion. A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2024Article
- Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in dermatomyositis: a case series report and literature review.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Pneumoperitoneum refers to the presence of intraperitoneal free gas outside the viscera. A perforation of a hollow viscus is the main cause and usually indicates a surgical emergency. However, some case of pneumoperitoneum can be completely asymptomatic and secondary to benign conditions that do not require any surgical intervention. In this situation a misleading diagnosis of pneumoperitoneum may occur. The authors are going to present a case of a 79-year-old man with an asymptomatic pneumoperitoneum incidentally detected by CT-scan and subsequently revealed to be pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) at diagnostic laparoscopy
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