Y. Tameda et al., PNEUMATOSIS-INTESTINALIS AND NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS ASSOCIATED WITH LIVER-CIRRHOSIS, Journal of gastroenterology, 31(4), 1996, pp. 596-598
We report a 58-year-old woman with pneumatosis intestinalis and necrot
izing enterocolitis associated with liver cirrhosis. She was receiving
treatment for liver cirrhosis and hepatic failure when sudden severe
right upper abdominal pain and fever developed. Abdominal radiograph d
isclosed pneumatosis intestinalis, involving the ascending colon, and
small collections of free air along the right hemidiaphragm. The pneum
atosis intestinalis appeared in both cystic and linear form. Autopsy r
evealed necrosis and multiple gas-filled mural cysts in the ascending
colon. To our knowledge, this is the first case to be reported of pneu
matosis intestinalis and necrotizing enterocolitis associated with liv
er cirrhosis.