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46 gas in the bowel wall (pneumatosis
1. 46 Gas in the Bowel Wall
(Pneumatosis Intestinalis)
2. CLINICAL IMAGAGING
AN ATLAS OF DIFFERENTIAL DAIGNOSIS
EISENBERG
DR. Muhammad Bin Zulfiqar
PGR-FCPS III SIMS/SHL
3. • Fig GI 46-1 Primary pneumatosis intestinalis in
an asymptomatic man.
4. • Fig GI 46-2 Pneumatosis intestinalis in a
premature infant with necrotizing enterocolitis.
The bubbly appearance of gas in the wall of the
diseased colon represents fecal material (arrows).
5. • Fig GI 46-3 Pneumatosis intestinalis due to
mesenteric arterial thrombosis.
6. • Fig GI 46-4 Pneumatosis intestinalis involving
the colon (arrows) in a patient with severe
pyloric stenosis.