PNEUMATOSIS-CYSTOIDES-INTESTINALIS ASSOCI ATED WITH MYOTONIC-DYSTROPHY (STEINERTS-DISEASE)

Authors
BOLAND C DERONDE T LACROSSE M TRIGAUX JP DELAUNOIS L MELANGE M
Citation
C. Boland et al., PNEUMATOSIS-CYSTOIDES-INTESTINALIS ASSOCI ATED WITH MYOTONIC-DYSTROPHY (STEINERTS-DISEASE), Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique, 19(3), 1995, pp. 305-308
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique → ACNP
ISSN journal
03998320
Volume
19
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
305 - 308
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-8320(1995)19:3<305:PAAWM>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We report the case of a 63-year-old patient suffering from myotonic dy strophy, complicated with respiratory insufficiency, who presented a p neumoperitoneum without sign of peritonitis. Diagnosis of pneumatosis cystoides coli was based on CT scan evidence. Given oxygenotherapy and antibiotherapy, the patient rapidly improved. The association between the two affections has, to our knowledge, not been previously descriv ed.