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Improvement of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis after steroid tapering in a patient with bronchial asthma: a case report.

AbstractINTRODUCTION:
We report the case of a patient who was diagnosed as having pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis while being treated with prednisolone for bronchial asthma. Even before we had experienced a case of this, the relationship between pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis and prednisolone was unclear. In this case, pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis was improved with the reduction of prednisolone, and therefore we thought a direct relationship between pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis and prednisolone might become clear, such as whether it is dose dependent.
CASE PRESENTATION:
A 62-year-old Japanese woman had been treated for bronchial asthma for approximately 40 years. She presented with abdominal distension, and a radiographic examination showed intraperitoneal free gas and intramural gas, suggestive of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis. However, when her prednisolone dose was decreased from 30 mg to 0 mg for approximately a year because of improvement in her asthma symptoms, her abdominal symptom resolved, and the frequency of her bowel movements returned to normal.
CONCLUSION:
Amelioration of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis was observed with tapering of the prednisolone, suggesting that prednisolone may have been involved in the pathogenesis of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in this patient.
AuthorsAkiko Ezuka, Kenichi Kawana, Hajime Nagase, Hirokazu Takahashi, Atsushi Nakajima
JournalJournal of medical case reports (J Med Case Rep) Vol. 7 Pg. 163 (Jun 26 2013) ISSN: 1752-1947 [Print] England
PMID23803391 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

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