Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in scleroderma-related conditions

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 323-329

  Balbir Gurman, A ^a,d   Brook, O R ^b,d   Chermesh, I ^c,d   Braun Moscovici, Y ^a,d  

^a B Shine Department of Rheumatology   (Israel)

^b Technion Israel Institute of Technology ^*  (Israel)

^c Institute of Gastroenterology   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Connective tissue disease; Myositis; Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTROLYTE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; OCTREOTIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; OXYGEN; PREDNISONE; PROKINETIC AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MEDLINE; MYOSITIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCLERODERMA; SKINFOLD; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; MIDDLE AGED; OCTREOTIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POLYMYOSITIS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84858742790     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02557.x     Document Type: Article

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