title: Endosonographic diagnosis of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in infancy.
abstract: We report pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in a 10-month-old girl who developed bloody diarrhea following chemotherapy for leukemia. The diagnosis was made only by colonic endoscopic ultrasonography, whereas the abdominal plain radiogram and computed tomography failed to elucidate the diagnosis. She was successfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Wider application of endoscopic ultrasonography may lead to the more frequent detection of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, currently a rare disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomomasa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsukada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sotomatsu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oshimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morikawa
mesh_terms: D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D007223:Infant; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography