Pneumatosis Coli Associated with Sigmoid Volvulus and Colonoscopy |
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| Authors: | MARTIN G. WERTKIN M.D. BERNARD B. WETCHLER M.D. F.A.C.G. JEROME D. WAYE M.D. F.A.C.G. LEE K. BROWN B.S. |
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| Affiliation: | New York, N. Y. |
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A case of interstitial emphysema involving the mesentery and serosa of the sigmoid colon after volvulus reduced by colonoscopy is presented. The case is reported as a form of pneumatosis intestinalis although it does not conform to the classical clinicopathologic picture of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis. The infrequent occurrence of this condition in association with volvulus and/or colonoscopy is discussed. |
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