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Pneumatosis intestinalis presenting as pneumoperitoneum in a teenage girl with pyloric stenosis.

Abstract
A 16-year-old girl presented with free gas under the diaphragm after endoscopic balloon dilation for pyloric stenosis. There was no perforation site identified on laparotomy. However, there was massive pneumatosis intestinalis involving the entire small bowel.
AuthorsC W Y Wong, P H Y Chung, K K Y Wong, P K Tam
JournalBMJ case reports (BMJ Case Rep) Vol. 2015 (Feb 26 2015) ISSN: 1757-790X [Electronic] England
PMID25721833 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Copyright2015 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
Topics
  • Abdominal Pain (etiology)
  • Adolescent
  • Asian People
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gastroplasty
  • Humans
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis (diagnosis, etiology, surgery)
  • Pneumoperitoneum (diagnosis)
  • Pyloric Stenosis (complications, diagnosis, surgery)
  • Pylorus (surgery)
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

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