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Primary pneumatosis intestinalis of small bowel: a case of a rare disease.

Daniela BerrittoRaffaello CrincoliFrancesca IacobellisFrancesca IasielloNunzia Luisa PizzaFrancesco LassandroLanfranco MustoRoberto Grassi
Published in: Case reports in surgery (2014)
Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is a condition in which multiple gas-filled cysts are located in the bowel wall; it can represent a wide spectrum of diseases and a variety of underlying diagnoses. The present report describes the case of an 86-year-old man with symptomatic primary PI of small bowel treated with surgical approach after periodic episodes of cysts rupture and superimposed inflammation revealed on the basis of a clinical suspicion thanks to abdominal computed tomography. Moreover, after one year of followup, there has been no recurrence of digestive symptoms.
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