title: Sonographic detection of intestinal pneumatosis.
abstract: Intestinal pneumatosis is an uncommon affection characterized by the presence of gas in the wall of the gastro-intestinal tract. The prognosis of this condition, observed in benign or severe diseases, is based on the outcome of the underlying affection. The diagnosis of pneumatosis intestinalis is unusually made with sonography. We report a case of pneumatosis intestinalis due to small bowel necrosis, initially suggested with sonography and further confirmed with computed tomography (CT) and pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Université Catholique de Louvain, St-Luc University Hospital, 10, avenue Hippocrate, B-1200, Brussels, Belgium. danse@rdgn.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Danse
authors.lastname: Van Beers BE
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gilles
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jacquet
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography