title: Foreign body granulamatous reaction to endoluminal gas in pneumatosis intestinalis - a case report.
abstract: Pneumatosis intestinalis is a rare condition occurs in a wide variety of patients, some of whom require urgent surgery, while others can be observed with resolution of symptoms and radiographic findings. Most often the need for surgery is intestinal obstruction. We report a case of pneumatosis intestinalis with an abdominal mass causing obstruction. The histological surprise and the rarity of the obstruction is highlighted in this case report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai - 3, India.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Senthil Kumar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
authors.lastname: Gunaalan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anbazhakan
keywords: Aerophagia; Antroduodenal compression; Granuloma; Intestinal obstruction; Pneumatosis; Pnuematosis cystoides intestinalis