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Intramural intestinal gas

MedGen UID:
1052443
•Concept ID:
CN376973
•
Finding
Synonym: Pneumatosis intestinalis
 
HPO: HP:6000377

Definition

The presence of extraluminal gas within the bowel wall. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVIntramural intestinal gas

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Strangulating obstruction of the bowel: a reevaluation of radiographic criteria.
Bryk D
AJR Am J Roentgenol 1978 May;130(5):835-43. doi: 10.2214/ajr.130.5.835. PMID: 417580

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Intramural intestinal gas in infants: report of two cases.
Fenton JL, Reynolds WA, Harris CH
J Can Assoc Radiol 1969 Dec;20(4):249-52. PMID: 5364092

Therapy

Intramural intestinal gas in infants.
Rosenfeld CR
N Engl J Med 1970 Jul 16;283(3):153. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197007162830317. PMID: 5423152

Prognosis

Intramural intestinal gas in adults.
Berne TV, Halls JM
Surg Gynecol Obstet 1983 Apr;156(4):479-84. PMID: 6836465
Neonatal pneumatosis coli: a mild form of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis.
Leonidas JC, Hall RT
J Pediatr 1976 Sep;89(3):456-9. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(76)80550-1. PMID: 956974

Clinical prediction guides

Intramural intestinal gas in adults.
Berne TV, Halls JM
Surg Gynecol Obstet 1983 Apr;156(4):479-84. PMID: 6836465
Neonatal pneumatosis coli: a mild form of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis.
Leonidas JC, Hall RT
J Pediatr 1976 Sep;89(3):456-9. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(76)80550-1. PMID: 956974

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