Pneumatosis [correction of Pneumocystis] cystoides intestinalis with pneumoperitoneum and pneumoretroperitoneum in a patient with extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease.
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is a rare finding of intramural gasfilled cysts in the bowel wall and sometimes free air in the abdomen. A few conditions are reported to cause this disease, one of them being immunosuppression. We describe a 50-year-old Caucasian male with extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) of the gut and skin who developed PCI with pneumoperitoneum and pneumoretroperitoneum. To our knowledge, this is the first report of PCI occurring in a patient with active chronic GVHD which resolved spontaneously.
Schulenburg
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Department of Medicine I, University of Vienna, Austria.
Herold
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C
Eisenhuber
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E
Oberhuber
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Volc-Platzer
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B
Greinix
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HT
Reiter
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E
Keil
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F
Kalhs
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P
D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000209:etiology*; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology*; D012188:Retropneumoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology*