01 March 2024 : Case report
Conservative versus Surgical Treatment of Pneumatosis Intestinalis: Experience from a Multidisciplinary Center
Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care, Rare disease
Huy Duc Tran1AB, Sang Thanh Tran1BC, Triet Minh Le1CF, Vinh Ngoc Truong Pham1ACE*, Kien Trung Le1CF, An Trinh Ngoc Le1BCE, Viet Van Ung1ABF, Tan Danh Hoang1CDE, Thinh Huu Nguyen1AEDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.943166
Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e943166
Figure 3. (A) Gas presence in the portal vein (yellow arrow) and intestinal wall (red arrow) detected by abdominal CT scan and sign of scattered “comet-tail” artefacts on abdominal ultrasound (blue arrow). (B) Mucosal bleeding of gastric body (a) and pyloric antrum (b), mucosal ischemia of superior part of duodenum (c), and cardia (d). (C) Gas bubbles in the portal vein and intestinal wall disappeared after 3 days of resuscitation treatment (yellow and red dashed arrow).