Intestinal pneumatosis: differential diagnosis.
Computed tomography
Emergency radiology
Intestinal ischemia
Necrotizing enterocolitis
Pneumatosis
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis
Journal
Abdominal radiology (New York)
ISSN: 2366-0058
Titre abrégé: Abdom Radiol (NY)
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101674571
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2022
05 2022
Historique:
received:
17
03
2020
accepted:
04
07
2020
revised:
21
06
2020
pubmed:
2
8
2020
medline:
28
4
2022
entrez:
2
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Intestinal pneumatosis (IP) is an infrequent radiological sign defined as pathological gas infiltration into the bowel wall. It may be associated to different underlying clinical conditions-inflammatory bowel diseases, malignancies, chemotherapy, infections, immune deficiency status, trauma, intestinal ischemia, and necrosis-that are often related to emergency state and require a prompt diagnosis. All the imaging techniques, especially abdominal radiography and Computed Tomography, could detect the presence of IP and discern the forms related to emergency conditions. The differential diagnosis is essential to start an immediate clinical or surgical management and treatment. The aim of this article is to review the radiological features of IP in different illnesses, with particular attention to differential diagnosis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32737548
doi: 10.1007/s00261-020-02639-8
pii: 10.1007/s00261-020-02639-8
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
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Pagination
1529-1540Informations de copyright
© 2020. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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