Pneumatosis intestinalis: A challenging biopsy diagnosis

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1469-1475

  Koreishi, Aashiyana ^a   Lauwers, Gregory Y ^a   Misdraji, Joseph ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Giant cells; Granuloma; Mucosal biopsy; PI; Pneumatosis intestinalis; Pseudolipomatosis

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL LINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COLON MELANOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES; FEMALE; GAS; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE POLYP; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOSIS; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCREENING; SUBMUCOSA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; COLITIS; COLON; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS;

EID: 34748918958     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318032c473     Document Type: Article

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