title: [Colectomy in a patient with pneumatosis coli].
abstract: Pneumatosis coli (PC) is a rare condition which may be difficult to diagnose. We report a case of PC in a 46-year-old woman, where colonoscopy and biopsies showed signs of widespread polyposis. She had a prophylactic colectomy. Pathologic examination of the specimen showed multiple air-filled cysts in the colonic wall. By analysis of a preoperative abdominal computed tomography with lung window the cysts could be visualised. This procedure could be a valuable diagnostic tool for excluding PC in patients suspected for polyposis, but with a negative family history of familial adenomatous polyposis.
authors.affiliation: Diagnostisk Center, Medicinsk Sektion, Regionshospitalet Silkeborg, 8600 Silkeborg. E-mail: stinkarl@rm.dk.
authors.forename: Stine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karlsen
authors.forename: Sidse
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bregendahl
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tøttrup
authors.forename: Ole K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Bonderup
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed