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Case Report: An unusual case of small bowel volvulus due to appendicitis associated with pneumatosis intestinalis: Review of the literature.

Alia Zouaghi, Dhafer Hadded, Mesbahi Meryam, Yazid Benzarti, Mona Cherif, Haithem Zaafouri, Khalil Ben Massoud, Chiraz Chamekhi, Anis Ben Maamer

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Review in F1000Research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. 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 · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alia ZouaghiDepartment of General Surgery, Habib thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunis, 1000, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0003-4489-3384
Dhafer HaddedDepartment of General Surgery, Habib thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunis, 1000, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0002-6732-6879
Mesbahi MeryamDepartment of General Surgery, Habib thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunis, 1000, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0001-7035-7820
Yazid BenzartiDepartment of General Surgery, Habib thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunis, 1000, Tunisia.
Mona CherifDepartment of General Surgery, Habib thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunis, 1000, Tunisia.
Haithem ZaafouriDepartment of General Surgery, Habib thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunis, 1000, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0002-6355-1059
Khalil Ben MassoudDepartment of Radiology, Habib Thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunis, 1000, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0001-7511-190X
Chiraz ChamekhiDepartment of Radiology, Habib Thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunis, 1000, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0003-3612-6978
Anis Ben MaamerDepartment of General Surgery, Habib thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunis, 1000, Tunisia.
Habib hospital Thameur · TN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pneumatosis cystoid intestinalis is a rare disease reported in the literature affecting 0.03% of the population. It has a variety of causes and its manifestation may change widely. It usually presents as a marginal finding resulting from various gastrointestinal pathologies. In the acute complicated form of pneumatosis intestinalis, management is challenging for physicians and surgeons. We present a case of a 60-year-old patient who was admitted to our surgical department with a symptomatology suggestive of small bowel occlusion. Computed tomography demonstrated ileal volvulus associated with parietal signs suffering and pneumoperitoneum. An emergent exploratory laparoscopy followed by conversion was performed demonstrating segmental ileal pneumatosis intestinalis secondary to a small bowel volvulus due to an inflammatory appendix wrapping around the distal ileum. Further, detorsion, retrograde draining, and appendectomy were performed because there were no signs of necrosis and the appendix was pathological. The postoperative course was uneventful. This case is exceedingly rare in the literature, because it was featured by the ileal volvulus due to appendicitis.This case report emphasizes the importance of surgical procedures in the management of symptomatic pneumatosis intestinalis associated to an acute abdomen.

Indexed as

Pneumatosis Cystoides IntestinalisHumansIleumMiddle AgedTomography, X-Ray Computedacute abdomencase reportPneumatosis cystoid intestinalissmall bowel volvulus

Identifiers

PMID36483602
PMCPMC9706145.2
OpenAlexW3201469475

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