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'''Pneumatosis intestinalis''' is presence of air in the wall of the intestine.
 
==General==
*Bad prognosis - esp. if diffuse.
 
==Gross==
*Small bubbles in the intestinal wall.
 
Image:
*[http://brighamrad.harvard.edu/Cases/bwh/images/349/path2.jpg Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (harvard.edu)].<ref>URL: [http://brighamrad.harvard.edu/Cases/bwh/hcache/349/full.html http://brighamrad.harvard.edu/Cases/bwh/hcache/349/full.html]. Accessed on: 3 April 2012.</ref>
 
==Microscope==
Features:
*Large submucosal pseudocysts.
 
Image:
*[http://www.wjes.org/content/6/1/15/figure/F4?highres=y Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (wjes.org)].<ref name=pmid21548980>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Takami | first1 = Y. | last2 = Koh | first2 = T. | last3 = Nishio | first3 = M. | last4 = Nakagawa | first4 = N. | title = Pneumatosis intestinalis leading to perioperative hypovolemic shock: Case report. | journal = World J Emerg Surg | volume = 6 | issue =  | pages = 15 | month =  | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1186/1749-7922-6-15 | PMID = 21548980 |PMC = PMC3108289}}</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[Gastrointestinal pathology]].
*[[Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}


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Revision as of 01:24, 21 March 2014

Pneumatosis intestinalis is presence of air in the wall of the intestine.

General

  • Bad prognosis - esp. if diffuse.

Gross

  • Small bubbles in the intestinal wall.

Image:

Microscope

Features:

  • Large submucosal pseudocysts.

Image:

See also

References