Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Usefulness of an Endoscopic Ultrasonic Catheter Probe for Diagnosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 896-900

  Shimada, Masaaki ^a   Ina, Kenji ^a   Takahashi, Hideyo ^b   Horiuchi, Yoh ^b   Imada, Akira ^a   Nishio, Yuji ^a   Ando, Takafumi ^a   Kusugami, Kazuo ^a  

^a Aichi Saiseikai Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distal acoustic shadowing; Gaseous cyst; Strong echo

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; COLON; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; METHODOLOGY; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COLON; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035460064     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.896     Document Type: Article

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