Pneumatosis coli complicating carcinoma of the colon. Report of a case.
The management of pneumatosis coli by oxygen therapy is now well established. In one of five patients treated by this method, routine colonoscopy after such therapy revealed a previously unsuspected carcinoma of the sigmoid colon. The need to thoroughly examine the colon after oxygen treatment to rule out coexistent pathologic conditions is emphasized.
D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy