TY - JOUR
T1 - The Radiology Corner
T2 - Spontaneous Pneumoperitoneum withPneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalisin a Patient with Mixed Connective Tissue disease
AU - Samach, M.
AU - Brandt, L. J.
AU - Bernstein, L. H.
PY - 1978/4
Y1 - 1978/4
N2 - Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI), a disorder in which gas filled cysts develop within the bowel wall, has been associated with collagen vascular disease, usually progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS). We have extended the spectrum of collagen vascular disease associated with PCI by this report of a patient with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) who developed PCI and recurrent spontaneous pneumoperitoneum (SP). Possible pathogenetic mechanisms are reviewed and the management of the asymptomatic patient with pneumoperitoneum, PCI and collagen vascular disease is discussed.
AB - Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI), a disorder in which gas filled cysts develop within the bowel wall, has been associated with collagen vascular disease, usually progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS). We have extended the spectrum of collagen vascular disease associated with PCI by this report of a patient with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) who developed PCI and recurrent spontaneous pneumoperitoneum (SP). Possible pathogenetic mechanisms are reviewed and the management of the asymptomatic patient with pneumoperitoneum, PCI and collagen vascular disease is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1978.tb12547.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1978.tb12547.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 685959
AN - SCOPUS:0018069126
SN - 0002-9270
VL - 69
SP - 494
EP - 500
JO - American Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - American Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 4
ER -