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==Pneumatosis intestinalis==
==Pneumatosis intestinalis==
===General===
{{Main|Pneumatosis intestinalis}}
*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>


==Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis==
==Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis==
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