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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}} | |||
[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||
[[Category:Gastrointestinal pathology]] | |||