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Sonographic detection of intestinal pneumatosis
E M Danse1, Van Beers BE, A Gilles
1Department of Radiology, Université Catholique de Louvain, St-Luc University Hospital, 10, avenue Hippocrate, B-1200, Brussels, Belgium. danse@rdgn.ucl.ac.be
Abstract:
Intestinal pneumatosis is an uncommon affection characterized by the presence of gas in the wall of the gastro-intestinal tract. The prognosis of this condition, observed in benign or severe diseases, is based on the outcome of the underlying affection. The diagnosis of pneumatosis intestinalis is unusually made with sonography. We report a case of pneumatosis intestinalis due to small bowel necrosis, initially suggested with sonography and further confirmed with computed tomography (CT) and pathology.