| Literature DB >> 10455375 |
A Schulenburg1, C Herold, E Eisenhuber, G Oberhuber, B Volc-Platzer, H T Greinix, E Reiter, F Keil, P Kalhs.
Abstract
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is a rare finding of intramural gasfilled cysts in the bowel wall and sometimes free air in the abdomen. A few conditions are reported to cause this disease, one of them being immunosuppression. We describe a 50-year-old Caucasian male with extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) of the gut and skin who developed PCI with pneumoperitoneum and pneumoretroperitoneum. To our knowledge, this is the first report of PCI occurring in a patient with active chronic GVHD which resolved spontaneously.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10455375 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701897
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bone Marrow Transplant ISSN: 0268-3369 Impact factor: 5.483