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Caudal-to-cranial Approach in Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy with Complete Mesocolon Excision and D3 Lymph Node Dissection
Published on: January 9, 2026
[Colectomy in a patient with pneumatosis coli]
Stine Karlsen1, Sidse Bregendahl, Anders Tøttrup
1Diagnostisk Center, Medicinsk Sektion, Regionshospitalet Silkeborg, 8600 Silkeborg.
Abstract:
Pneumatosis coli (PC) is a rare condition which may be difficult to diagnose. We report a case of PC in a 46-year-old woman, where colonoscopy and biopsies showed signs of widespread polyposis. She had a prophylactic colectomy. Pathologic examination of the specimen showed multiple air-filled cysts in the colonic wall. By analysis of a preoperative abdominal computed tomography with lung window the cysts could be visualised. This procedure could be a valuable diagnostic tool for excluding PC in patients suspected for polyposis, but with a negative family history of familial adenomatous polyposis.
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