Year 2023 / Volume 115 / Number 6
Letter
Intestinal obstruction due to pneumatosis intestinalis

344-345

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9608/2023

Mariaclaudia Ocharán, Rocío González López, Irene Vázquez González, Abel García Melón, Patricia Lenza Trigo, Francisco Anguita Ramos, José Conde Vales,

Abstract
We present the case of an 83-year-old male, with a past medical history of benign pneumoperitoneum secondary to pneumatosis intestinalis which evolved for a number of years with periodic follow-ups. The patient comes to the Emergency Room with sintomatology of intestinal obstruction. Urgent surgical management is decided, an exploratory laparotomy is performed where an intestinal obstruction secondary to pneumatosis intestinalis, with loss of structure of the intestinal wall as visualized in the images, is determined; therefore resection of the affected small intestine segment and primary anastomosis are performed. The pathology report confirms the diagnosis. The patient progresses favorably during the postoperative period and is currently asymptomatic after 12 months.
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Ocharán M, González López R, Vázquez González I, García Melón A, Lenza Trigo P, Anguita Ramos F, et all. Intestinal obstruction due to pneumatosis intestinalis. 9608/2023


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Publication history

Received: 19/03/2023

Accepted: 22/04/2023

Online First: 12/05/2023

Published: 06/06/2023

Article Online First time: 54 days

Article editing time: 79 days


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