The role of computed tomography in the evaluation of pneumatosis intestinalis.
Computed tomography (CT) is useful in evaluating patients with pneumatosis intestinalis while excluding other causes of abdominal pain and sepsis. We present a case along with additional illustrative CT sections to show its usefulness in such cases.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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