A case of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in a patient with polymyositis and interstitial pneumonia

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 260-263

  Wada, Yoko ^a,b   Murayama, Naoya ^a   Hirose, Shintaro ^a   In, Hian ^a   Kuroda, Takeshi ^b   Ito, Satoshi ^b   Nakano, Masaaki ^c   Gejyo, Fumitake ^b  

^a Nagaoka Central General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intersitial pneumonia; Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI); Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; OXYGEN; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 4444345037     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/s10165-004-0304-7     Document Type: Article

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