title: [Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in emergencies: clinical management and treatment. 2 case reports].
abstract: Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis gives many diagnostic and therapeutic troubles especially when it occurs in patient admitted in an emergency setting. The Authors report two cases of PCI related to patients admitted into the Emergency Department (DEA II) with diagnosis of intestinal perforation, mode according to the radiological findings of free subfrenic air, but not confirmed at physical examination. The Authors discuss the role that imaging and physical examination play in evaluating this kind of patients, considering the etiopathogenetic hypothesis about this rare disorder.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chirurgia Pietro Valdoni, Università degli Studi La Sapienza di Roma.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Assenza
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Angelis
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Moschella
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bartolucci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Clementi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Panebianco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Portieri
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Modini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed