title: [Pneumatosis coli].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a pneumatosis coli case.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 56 year old man was submitted to a routine medical check up. During rectosigmoidoscopy examination many submucous lesions of cystic aspect were found, which were demonstrated by different imaging methods and endoscopy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The pneumatosis coli is an infrequent pathology in our means and must be included in the differential diagnosis of secondary pneumatosis intestinalis.
authors.affiliation: *Servicio de Cirugía General y Gastroenterología, Hospital Guadalupano, Calle de Guadalupe No. 205-301, Centro, Celaya, Gto. CP 38000. gabrieli@cel.televicable.net.mx
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iriarte-Gállego
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Báez-García
authors.forename: Paulino Martínez
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hernández-Magro
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gómez-Jardón
authors.forename: Edith
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Valdéz-Martínez
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Vázquez
mesh_terms: D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed