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*Benign, generally asymptomatic subset of [[pneumatosis intestinalis]].<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/371955-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/371955-overview]. Accessed on: 24 January 2012.</ref> | *Benign, generally asymptomatic subset of [[pneumatosis intestinalis]].<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/371955-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/371955-overview]. Accessed on: 24 January 2012.</ref> | ||
*Small or large bowel.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Micklefield | first1 = GH. | last2 = Kuntz | first2 = HD. | last3 = May | first3 = B. | title = Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis: case reports and review of the literature. | journal = Mater Med Pol | volume = 22 | issue = 2 | pages = 70-2 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 2102980 }}</ref> | *Small or large bowel.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Micklefield | first1 = GH. | last2 = Kuntz | first2 = HD. | last3 = May | first3 = B. | title = Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis: case reports and review of the literature. | journal = Mater Med Pol | volume = 22 | issue = 2 | pages = 70-2 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 2102980 }}</ref> | ||
Etiology - many, e.g. [[IBD]], infection. | |||
===Gross=== | |||
*Translucent polypoid lesions. | |||
Image: | |||
[http://biblioteca.colmed5.org.ar/consultas/pneumatosis.htm Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (colmed5.org.ar)]. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Large submucosal pseudocysts lined by macrophages and multi-nucleated giant cells. | *Large submucosal pseudocysts lined by macrophages and multi-nucleated giant cells. | ||
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*[http://www.wjes.org/content/6/1/15/figure/F4?highres=y Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (wjes.org)].<ref>{{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= | =See also= | ||