| Asymptomatic pneumatosis intestinalis in AIDS. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 19999330 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Pneumatosis intestinalis is an unusual entity in which subserosal or submucosal collections of gas occur in the bowel wall. We present a case of asymptomatic linear pneumatosis intestinalis and free abdominal air in a 67-year-old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who improved spontaneously following conservative management. Pneumatosis intestinalis is a late-stage phenomenon in patients with AIDS that characteristically involves the cecum, ascending and transverse colon or the rectum with sparing of the descending colon and the sigmoid. For these patients, non-operative management is appropriate. |
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Authors:
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B Op de Beeck; K Peters; M J Spinhoven; A Snoeckx; R Salgado; P M Parizel |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: JBR-BTR : organe de la Société royale belge de radiologie (SRBR) = orgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Radiologie (KBVR) Volume: 92 ISSN: 0302-7430 ISO Abbreviation: JBR-BTR Publication Date: 2009 Sep-Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-12-14 Completed Date: 2010-01-06 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100888280 Medline TA: JBR-BTR Country: Belgium |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 253-5 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Dept of Radiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium. bart.op.de.beeck@uza.be |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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complications* Aged Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage Aspergillus fumigatus / isolation & purification Diagnosis, Differential Fatigue / etiology Humans Intestine, Large / radiography Lung / radiography Male Muscle Weakness / etiology Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / complications*, radiography* Pulmonary Aspergillosis / complications, drug therapy, radiography Remission, Spontaneous Tomography, X-Ray Computed Weight Loss |
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0/Antifungal Agents |
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