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'''Pneumatosis intestinalis''' is presence of air in the wall of the intestine. | '''Pneumatosis intestinalis''' is presence of air in the wall of the intestine. May be referred to as '''pseudolipomatosis'''.<ref name=pmid14669349>{{cite journal |authors=Alper M, Akcan Y, Belenli OK, Cukur S, Aksoy KA, Suna M |title=Gastric pseudolipomatosis, usual or unusual? Re-evaluation of 909 endoscopic gastric biopsies |journal=World J Gastroenterol |volume=9 |issue=12 |pages=2846–8 |date=December 2003 |pmid=14669349 |pmc=4612068 |doi=10.3748/wjg.v9.i12.2846 |url=}}</ref> | ||
''Pseudolipomatosis coli'' directs here. ''Microvesicular pneumatosis'' redirects here. | |||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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*[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> | *[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> | ||
== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*+/-Large submucosal pseudocysts. | *+/-Large submucosal pseudocysts - see ''[[pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis]]''. | ||
*+/-Vacuolation of the mucosa | *+/-Vacuolation of the mucosa - fat-like spaces 30-250 micrometres in diameter.<ref name=pmid14669349>{{cite journal |authors=Alper M, Akcan Y, Belenli OK, Cukur S, Aksoy KA, Suna M |title=Gastric pseudolipomatosis, usual or unusual? Re-evaluation of 909 endoscopic gastric biopsies |journal=World J Gastroenterol |volume=9 |issue=12 |pages=2846–8 |date=December 2003 |pmid=14669349 |pmc=4612068 |doi=10.3748/wjg.v9.i12.2846 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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*A microvesicular pattern is described - where the voids are 20-200 micrometres.<ref name=pmid14658539>{{cite journal |authors=Belenli OK, Akcan Y, Alper M |title=Micropneumatosis coexistent with Helicobacter pylori and its improvement |journal=Indian J Gastroenterol |volume=22 |issue=5 |pages=191–2 |date=2003 |pmid=14658539 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
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