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  • Title: Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis simulating malignant colonic obstruction.
    Author: Soutter DI, Paloschi GB, Prentice RS.
    Journal: Can J Surg; 1985 May; 28(3):272-3. PubMed ID: 3995425.
    Abstract:
    Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is an uncommon condition in which pockets of gas occur intramurally in the gastrointestinal tract. The authors describe the case of a 76-year-old man in whom this condition caused low colonic obstruction, simulating a rectal carcinoma. The patient was successfully treated with high-flow oxygen therapy. This form of therapy has not previously been reported in obstructing lesions, but in this case it successfully relieved the obstruction and thus avoided a colostomy that might have been necessary.
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