[Pneumoretroperitoneum due to pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis. An etiopathogenetic and clinico-diagnostic assessment. A clinical case report].
A case of pneumoretroperitoneum which came out to be caused by pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, after careful and proper diagnostic evaluation, is described. Physiopathology, etiopathogenesis and clinical peculiarities of this infrequent pathology are examined; most useful tests to be performed in diagnostic differential evaluation, and clinical and surgical therapeutic approaches are also described, especially facing rare complications of PCI, such as pneumoperitoneum and pneumoretroperitoneum.
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Dipartimento di Chirurgia ed Emergenze Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi, Perugia.
Castagna
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Dei Santi
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V
Patriti
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A
Giannini
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P
De Santis
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F
Bosco
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A
Capitanucci
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L
Tristaino
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B
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012188:Retropneumoperitoneum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
Pneumoretroperitoneo da pneumatosi cistica intestinale. Valutazioni etiopatogenetiche e clinico-diagnostiche. Presentazione di un caso clinico.