Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis with Intestinal Volvulus.
10.4174/jkss.2009.76.5.321
- Author:
Won Il LEE
1
;
Jeong Jin JANG
;
Sung Il HONG
;
Hae Sung KIM
;
Jeong Hoon LEE
;
Han Joon KIM
;
Byoung Yoon RYU
;
Hong Ki KIM
;
Young Hee CHOI
;
Hong Kyu BAIK
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea. thick@hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis;
Intestinal volvulus;
Intestial obstruction
- MeSH:
Adult;
Endocrine System Diseases;
Gastrointestinal Tract;
Humans;
Intestinal Volvulus;
Intestine, Small;
Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis;
Vascular Diseases
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2009;76(5):321-325
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is an uncommon condition characterized by the presence of multiple gas-filled cysts within the wall of the gastrointestinal tract. It is still a poorly understood phenomenon, considered to result from primary mucosal insult from varying causes. However, it is associated with various diseases, including gastroenteral obstructive and connective vascular diseases and even pulmonary or endocrine diseases. Authors report a case of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis with volvulus in the small intestine that developed in a 44-year-old man without history of any special underlying diseases.
