title: [Clinical characteristics of patients with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis].
abstract: Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is a relatively rare disease in which multilocular or linear pneumatic cysts develop under the mucosa or serosa of the intestinal wall. We conducted a retrospective analysis to investigate the clinical characteristics of 68 patients with PCI. Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) was present in 9 patients, 8 of which had underlying intestinal tract necrosis. In most patients, PCI was mild and asymptomatic and resolved spontaneously. The main treatment strategy for PCI is conservative therapy. However, in cases complicated by HPVG, the presence of underlying intestinal tract necrosis must be considered in order to promptly determine whether emergency surgery is required.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashida
authors.forename: Miki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Kengo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Shin'ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011169:Portal Vein; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed