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  • Title: Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis with pneumoperitoneum and pneumoretroperitoneum following chemotherapy.
    Author: Kopp AF, Grönewäller E, Laniado M.
    Journal: Abdom Imaging; 1997; 22(4):395-7. PubMed ID: 9157858.
    Abstract:
    Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is a relatively rare, mostly benign, condition. We report a case of chemotherapy-induced PCI with free retro- and intraperitoneal gas in a 17-year-old man with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Chest radiography and upright abdominal radiography showed free intra- and retroperitoneal gas; computed tomography demonstrated subserosal gas collections. Conservative treatment with oxygen, metronidazol, and parenteral alimentation was performed, and PCI resolved within 2 weeks.
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