Medical Definition of Pneumatosis intestinalis
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Multiple thin-walled, non-communicating, gas-filled cysts located in subserosa with or without submucosa with normal mucosa and muscularis, primary pneumatosis intestinalis (15%), secondary pneumatosis intestinalis (85%), ischemia, necrotizing enterocolitis, mesenteric vascular disease, trauma (sigmoidoscopy, biopsy, BE, postsurgical anastomosis), infection (primary infection, parasites, perforated jejunal tic), inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease, connective tissue disease (especially scleroderma), Whipple disease, pulmonary disease (COPD, artificial ventilation), colonic obstruction (air dissecting distally) see: pneumatosis cystoides
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pneumatosis Intestinalis
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