Year 2015 / Volume 107 / Number 11
Letter to the Editor
Massive gastrointestinal pneumatosis in a patient with celiac disease and superior mesenteric artery syndrome

709-710

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2015.3858/2015

Aleix Martínez-Pérez, Ramón Trullenque-Juan, Sandra Santarrufina-Martínez, Ernesto Armañanzas-Villena,

Abstract
Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is a radiological finding representing the presence of gas in the bowell, independently of the cause or location. We present the case of a 55-year-old man who was admitted presenting two-week history of intense vomiting. The patient was previously diagnosed with superior mesenteric artery syndrome and celiac disease. Plain x-ray and TC showed gastric and intestinal pneumatosis with important retropneumoperitoneum. Due to clinical stability the patient was managed conservatively, with a favorable outcome.
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Martínez-Pérez A, Trullenque-Juan R, Santarrufina-Martínez S, Armañanzas-Villena E. Massive gastrointestinal pneumatosis in a patient with celiac disease and superior mesenteric artery syndrome. 3858/2015


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Publication history

Received: 20/05/2015

Accepted: 24/05/2015

Online First: 15/10/2015

Published: 30/10/2015

Article revision time: 1 days

Article Online First time: 148 days

Article editing time: 163 days


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