PNEUMATOSIS-CYSTOIDES-INTESTINALIS CONFINED TO THE SMALL-INTESTINE TREATED WITH HYPERBARIC-OXYGEN

Authors
PAW HGW REED PN
Citation
Hgw. Paw et Pn. Reed, PNEUMATOSIS-CYSTOIDES-INTESTINALIS CONFINED TO THE SMALL-INTESTINE TREATED WITH HYPERBARIC-OXYGEN, Undersea & hyperbaric medicine, 23(2), 1996, pp. 115-117
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine Miscellaneus","Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Undersea & hyperbaric medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
10662936
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
115 - 117
Database
ISI
SICI code
1066-2936(1996)23:2<115:PCTTST>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is a rare disease characterized by the presence of multiple intramural gas-filled cysts in the gastrointe stinal tract. The etiology remains unknown, but the disease can presen t with profound disturbances of bowel function. We report the successf ul management of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis of the small intes tine with the use of hyperbaric oxygen.