Abstract | INTRODUCTION: 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:
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Authors | Akiko Ezuka, Kenichi Kawana, Hajime Nagase, Hirokazu Takahashi, Atsushi Nakajima |
Journal | Journal of medical case reports
(J Med Case Rep)
Vol. 7
Pg. 163
(Jun 26 2013)
ISSN: 1752-1947 [Print] England |
PMID | 23803391
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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