ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2023
The spectrum of pneumatosis intestinalis in the adult. A surgical dilemma.
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- Clinical and CT features of patients with pneumatosis intestinalis: A retrospective single-center study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis misdiagnosed as pneumoperitoneum due to colon perforation in a patient with blunt trauma injuries: a case report.Journal of trauma and injury · 2026Article
- Emphysematous conditions of the abdomen and pelvis: pearls and pitfalls.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Review
- 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
- Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of Pneumoperitoneum Associated with Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis in Children: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Case Report: A case of melanosis coli complicated by pneumatosis intestinalis-induced volvulus.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in granulomatosis with polyangiitis: a case report.Clinical rheumatology · 2024Article
- Association of Pneumatosis Intestinalis With Surgical Outcomes and Mortality: A Matched, Retrospective Cohort Study and Literature Review.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2024Article
- Chemotherapy-induced pneumatosis intestinalis followed by hepatic portal venous gas. A case report.The Journal of international medical research · 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
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Abstract
Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is a striking radiological diagnosis. Formerly a rare diagnostic finding, it is becoming more frequently diagnosed due to the wider availability and improvement of computed tomography scan imaging. Once associated only with poor outcome, its clinical and prognostic significance nowadays has to be cross-referenced to the nature of the underlying condition. Multiple mechanisms of pathogenesis have been debated and multiple causes have been detected during the years. All this contributes to creating a broad range of clinical and radiological presentations. The management of patients presenting PI is related to the determining cause if it is identified. Otherwise, in particular if an association with portal venous gas and/or pneumoperitoneum is present, the eventual decision between surgery and non-operative management is challenging, even for stable patients, since this clinical condition is traditionally associated to intestinal ischemia and consequently to pending clinical collapse if not treated. Considering the wide variety of origin and outcomes, PI still remains for surgeons a demanding clinical entity. The manuscript is an updated narrative review and gives some suggestions that may help make the decisional process easier, identifying patients who can benefit from surgical intervention and those who can benefit from non-operative management avoiding unnecessary procedures.
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