Pneumatosis intestinal is in the adult: Benign to life-threatening causes

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1604-1613

  Ho, Lisa M ^a   Paulson, Erik K ^a   Thompson, William M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; CT; Gastrointestinal radiology; Ischemia; Small bowel

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LACTULOSE; SORBITOL; STEROID; VOGLIBOSE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34249883316     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.1309     Document Type: Review

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