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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-8 | Issue-09
Rare Cause of Acute Peritonitis: Cystic Intestinal Pneumatosis
Abdelmounim Elkhamri, Jakhlal Youssef, Lahlou Khaled, Settaf Abdellatif, Benamr Said, Mssrouri Rahal, Mdaghri Jalil
Published: Sept. 4, 2020 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2020.v08i09.003
Pages: 821-822
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Abstract
Intestinal cystic pneumatosis is a rare disease characterized by the presence of gas cysts in the intestinal wall which can reach the digestive tract, with predilection for the intestine, of usually benign evolution. The diagnosis is evoked on the scanner, being able to avoid a surgical operation in urgency except complications. One reports here a rare case of cystic colonic pneumatosis, source of acute abdomen which imposed a surgical operation.