Colonic pneumatosis intestinalis in a patient with neutropenia secondary to anorexia nervosa

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 391-392

  Arenal, Juan José ^a   Said, Awwad ^a   Tinoco, Claudia ^a   Mato, María José ^b   Otero, Monstserrat ^b   Guerro, José Ángel ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^b Hospital de Medina del Campo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Neutropenia; Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis; Pneumoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; COLONIC PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PNEUMORETROPERITONEUM; SEPSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 80054696218     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1130-01082011000700017     Document Type: Letter

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