Pneumatosis intestinalis and pneumoperitoneum complicating mixed connective tissue disease.
A case of a young woman with a 3-year history of mixed connective tissue disease who developed secondary pneumatosis intestinalis and pneumoperitoneum and died shortly after of rapidly progressive disease is reported. The pathogenesis, treatment and prognosis of this unusual complication in mixed connective tissue disease are discussed.
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Rheumatology, Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Russell
D M
DM
Taggart
G J
GJ
Barraclough
D R
DR
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008947:Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed