PNEUMATOSIS-CYSTOIDES-INTESTINALIS WITH PNEUMOPERITONEUM AND PNEUMORETROPERITONEUM FOLLOWING CHEMOTHERAPY

Authors
KOPP AF GRONEWALLER E LANIADO M
Citation
Af. Kopp et al., PNEUMATOSIS-CYSTOIDES-INTESTINALIS WITH PNEUMOPERITONEUM AND PNEUMORETROPERITONEUM FOLLOWING CHEMOTHERAPY, Abdominal imaging, 22(4), 1997, pp. 395-397
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Abdominal imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
09428925
Volume
22
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
395 - 397
Database
ISI
SICI code
0942-8925(1997)22:4<395:PWPAP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is a relatively rare, mostly benign, condition. We report a case of chemotherapy-induced PCI with f ree retro- and intraperitoneal gas in a 17-year-old man with acute lym phoblastic leukemia. Chest radiography and upright abdominal radiograp hy showed free intra- and retroperitoneal gas; computed tomography dem onstrated subserosal gas collections, Conservative treatment with oxyg en, metronidazol, and parenteral alimentation was performed, and PCI r esolved within 2 weeks.