title: Micropneumatosis coexistent with Helicobacter pylori and its improvement.
abstract: Micropneumatosis intestinalis is the occurrence of gas-filled circular voids with diameter of 20-200 microns, not lined with epithelium. We report a 39-year-old man with superficial gastritis and Helicobacter pylori infection who also had gastric, duodenal and colonic micropneumatosis. Endoscopic biopsy after treatment for H. pylori gastritis showed no micropneumatosis in gastric, duodenal or colonic mucosal sections. We suggest that H. pylori may be one of the causative factors for micropneumatosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Medical School of Düzce, Düzce, Turkey.
authors.forename: Olcay Kandemir
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Belenli
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akcan
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000150:complications*