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- Title
Foreign body granulamatous reaction to endoluminal gas in pneumatosis intestinalis — a case report.
- Authors
Kumar, M. S. Senthil; Prabhakar, J.; Anbazhakan, R.
- Abstract
Pneumatosis intestinalis is a rare condition occurs in a wide variety of patients, some of whom require urgent surgery, while others can be observed with resolution of symptoms and radiographic findings. Most often the need for surgery is intestinal obstruction. We report a case of pneumatosis intestinalis with an abdominal mass causing obstruction. The histological surprise and the rarity of the obstruction is highlighted in this case report.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTIC use of gases; OBSTRUCTION theory; RADIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL pneumoperitoneum; ABDOMINAL aorta surgery
- Publication
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2008, Vol 70, Issue 6, p322
- ISSN
0972-2068
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12262-008-0091-z