Pneumatosis intestinalis
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| Pneumatosis intestinalis | |
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| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | K63.8, R93.3 |
| ICD-9 | 569.89 |
| DiseasesDB | 31855 |
| eMedicine | article/371955 |
In radiology, pneumatosis intestinalis is a sign on x-ray which is highly suggestive for necrotizing enterocolitis.
It refers to gas cysts in the bowel wall.[1] This is in contrast to gas in the lumen.
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Pneumatosis intestinalis at computed tomography in intestinal ischemia. Lung window for better representation of the gas deposits in the intestinal walls. Coronal reconstruction.
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Pneumatosis intestinalis in the coronal computed tomography in lung window. It can be seen next to gas entrapment in the bowel wall and gas in the stomach wall and in numerous vessels, including the portal vein into the liver.
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Pneumatosis intestinalis in computed tomography with intestinal ischemia. Lung window for better representation of the gas deposits in the intestinal walls.
[edit] References
- ^ Braumann C, Menenakos C, Jacobi CA (2005). "Pneumatosis intestinalis--a pitfall for surgeons?". Scand J Surg 94 (1): 47–50. PMID 15865117. http://www.fimnet.fi/sjs/articles/SJS12005-47.pdf.
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